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

2. How many fifty-minute class periods do the students have per school day at the boarding school?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

3. What are the kids called at the boarding school that board during the week and go to their parents' wealthy homes during the weekends?
(a) The Homewood Hotties.
(b) The Weekend Wranglers.
(c) The Rambling Roses.
(d) The Weekday Warriors.

4. Where is Miles about to go to attend boarding school in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Mississippi.

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”?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) Percy Shelley.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the "amazingly (and understandably) obese" cook at the boarding school?

2. What is the name of the boarding school that Miles is planning to attend in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?

3. What was the name of Alaska's roommate that was expelled from the school?

4. Near what city is the boarding school located that Miles arrives at in “one hundred twenty-eight days before”?

5. Miles describes his dorm room at the boarding school as reminding him more of what than the dorm room of his fantasies?

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