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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Before,” Part 3 (pages 38-55).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miles's mother make a "small mountain of" for his going-away party in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?
(a) Potato salad.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Artichoke dip.
(d) Pasta salad.

2. What is Chip's nickname in the novel?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) The Coward.
(c) The Eagle.
(d) Pudge.

3. Where does Alaska's boyfriend attend college?
(a) Vanderbilt University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Pace University.

4. Miles describes his dorm room at the boarding school as reminding him more of what than the dorm room of his fantasies?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A prison.
(c) A morgue.
(d) A mausoleum.

5. What does Alaska take Miles to do when they are kicked out of World Religions class in “one hundred ten days before”?
(a) Skip stones at the creek.
(b) Go skateboarding.
(c) Smoke marijuana.
(d) Look for four-leaf clovers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many basketball games in a row does Chip say he's been consecutively kicked out of in “one hundred nine days before”?

2. Where does Alaska ask Miles to go study with her during their lunch break in "one hundred one days before"?

3. Who is the dead American President that Kevin names for Miles to say his last words, in “one hundred nine days before”?

4. What is the first class that Miles attends at the boarding school in “one hundred twenty-six days before”?

5. Who is the author of the poem that Chip quotes with the line "Miles to go before I sleep" in “one hundred twenty-eight days before”?

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