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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 are the two words contained in the "Dress Code" section of the boarding school's handbook?
(a) School uniform.
(b) Black tie.
(c) Modest attire.
(d) Casual modesty.

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

3. 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) Percy Shelley.
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Robert Frost.

4. Near what city is the boarding school located that Miles arrives at in “one hundred twenty-eight days before”?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Newport.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Birmingham.

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 prison.
(b) A morgue.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A mausoleum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character created by Arthur Miller does Chip rap about in “one hundred ten days before”?

2. Where does Chip say his father lives in “one hundred twenty-eight days before”?

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

4. What is the name of Chip's girlfriend in the novel?

5. When does Alaska arrange for a "triple-date" with Miles and the others in “eighty-nine days before”?

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