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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the "amazingly (and understandably) obese" cook at the boarding school?
(a) Mrs. Forrester.
(b) Marya.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Katie.

4. What is described in “eighty-seven days before” as Birmingham's richest suburb?
(a) Mountain Brook.
(b) Vestavia Hills.
(c) Homewood.
(d) Hoover.

5. What are the three religious traditions that are to be covered over the year in World Religions?
(a) Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism.
(b) Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism.
(c) Hinduism, Judaism, and Christianity.
(d) Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism.

6. What grade does Miles receive on his precalc test in “one hundred days before”?
(a) B+.
(b) A+.
(c) C-.
(d) D+.

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

8. How many basketball games in a row does Chip say he's been consecutively kicked out of in “one hundred nine days before”?
(a) 37.
(b) 21.
(c) 11.
(d) 16.

9. The instructor in the World Religions class explains in “seventy-six days before” that who "was special because he abandoned his wealth and noble birth to seek enlightenment"?
(a) Hare Krishna.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) Muhammad.
(d) The Buddha.

10. For how many days has it been ceaselessly raining in the beginning of “seventy-six days before”?
(a) For 6 days.
(b) For 16 days.
(c) For 3 days.
(d) For 9 days.

11. How tall is Miles said to be in the novel?
(a) 6'1.
(b) 6'.
(c) 5'8.
(d) 5'10.

12. Who is the dead American President that Kevin names for Miles to say his last words, in “one hundred nine days before”?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Millard Fillmore.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Grover Cleveland.

13. 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?
(a) Smart.
(b) Sober.
(c) Calm.
(d) Happy.

14. Where does Chip say his father lives in “one hundred twenty-eight days before”?
(a) California.
(b) Arizona.
(c) New York.
(d) Ohio.

15. What was the name of Alaska's roommate that was expelled from the school?
(a) Lara.
(b) Katie.
(c) Marie Lawson.
(d) Marya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Chip give to Miles when they meet?

2. What are the two words contained in the "Dress Code" section of the boarding school's handbook?

3. From what narrative perspective is the story of Looking for Alaska related?

4. What is the Jury at Culver Creek comprised of?

5. 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”?

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