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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Before,” Part 4 (pages 55-66).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sentencing do Miles and Takumi receive from the Jury in “ninety-eight days before”?
(a) They are expelled.
(b) 10 hours washing dishes in the cafeteria.
(c) They receive no punishment.
(d) They are suspended.

2. When his parents leave him at the boarding school, Miles promises to call them once a week on which day?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Monday.

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

4. What is the name of Chip's girlfriend in the novel?
(a) Maureen.
(b) Sara.
(c) Lara.
(d) Alaska.

5. Who is the student in Miles's biology class that participated in throwing him in the lake?
(a) Longwell Chase.
(b) Wilson Carbod.
(c) Hank Walsten.
(d) Clay Wurtzel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color shirt does Miles wear for his triple-and-a-half date in “eighty-seven days before”?

2. What does Alaska take Miles to do when they are kicked out of World Religions class in “one hundred ten days before”?

3. Who serves at the Judge that has the right to overturn the Jury's verdict at the boarding school, according to the narrator in “ninety-eight days before”?

4. What poet does Chip describe in his rap in “one hundred ten days before” as being unafraid of "slant rhyme"?

5. What is the name of Miles's French teacher at the boarding school?

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