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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Before,” Part 5 (pages 66-97).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nickname of the dorm supervisor at Miles's boarding school?
(a) The Hawk.
(b) The Inmate.
(c) The Eagle.
(d) The Mortician.

2. What brand of cigarettes do Miles and Chip buy from Alaska frequently in the novel?
(a) Marlboro Lights.
(b) American Spirit Lights.
(c) Newport Lights.
(d) Camel Lights.

3. What is the name of Miles's French teacher at the boarding school?
(a) Mrs. Forrester.
(b) Dr. Hyde.
(c) Madame O'Malley.
(d) Mrs. Richman.

4. Whose final words were, according to Miles, "Strike the tent"?
(a) Percy Shelley's.
(b) Robert E. Lee's.
(c) Alexander Pope's.
(d) Abraham Lincoln's.

5. Who is the "tiny blonde with rectangular glasses" that attends Miles's going-away party in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?
(a) Lara Smith.
(b) Maureen.
(c) Katie.
(d) Marie Lawson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alaska's boyfriend attend college?

2. Who is the one-armed kindergartner that Miles describes as beating him at T-ball when he was in third grade in “one hundred nine 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. When Hank tells Alaska that marijuana is better for your health than cigarettes, she responds by telling him, "I may die young. But at least I'll die" what?

5. What novel is Chip reading for his English class when Alaska visits his and Miles's dorm room in “eighty-nine days before”?

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