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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Before,” Part 2 (pages 21-38).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people attend Miles's going-away party in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

2. What is the name of the boarding school that Miles is planning to attend in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?
(a) Mitchell White Preparatory School.
(b) Homewood Preparatory School.
(c) Culver Creek Preparatory School.
(d) Highland Mills Preparatory School.

3. Where does Chip live with his mother when he's not in boarding school?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) New Hope.
(c) New York.
(d) San Francisco.

4. What nickname does Chip give to Miles when they meet?
(a) The Eagle.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) The Drifter.
(d) Pudge.

5. 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 mausoleum.
(c) A prison.
(d) A morgue.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many fifty-minute class periods do the students have per school day at the boarding school?

2. What does Miles's mother make a "small mountain of" for his going-away party in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?

3. Where does Chip say Alaska is from in “one hundred twenty-seven days before”?

4. What are the three religious traditions that are to be covered over the year in World Religions?

5. What are the kids called at the boarding school that board during the week and go to their parents' wealthy homes during the weekends?

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