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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of video do Miles and Alaska find and watch in “forty-nine days before”?
(a) A horror movie.
(b) A family video of Miles's.
(c) A comedic movie.
(d) A pornographic video.

2. Who does Chip describe as the "star" of the boarding school's basketball team in “one hundred nine days before”?
(a) Clay Wurtzel.
(b) Hank Walsten.
(c) Longwell Chase.
(d) Kevin Richmans.

3. What color shirt does Miles wear for his triple-and-a-half date in “eighty-seven days before”?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

4. 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) Jesus Christ.
(b) The Buddha.
(c) Muhammad.
(d) Hare Krishna.

5. What is Chip's nickname in the novel?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) Pudge.
(c) The Coward.
(d) The Eagle.

6. The chapter "one hundred one days before" begins on the first morning of what month?
(a) November.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) October.

7. Where does Miles believe that Lara was born in "one hundred one days before"?
(a) Russia.
(b) Spain.
(c) Greece.
(d) Lebanon.

8. The Colonel says in “eighty-seven days before,” "The only thing I hate more than rich people is" what?
(a) Ugly people.
(b) Ignorant people.
(c) Mean people.
(d) Stupid people.

9. How much does Alaska charge Chip and Miles for the packs of cigarettes she sells them?
(a) $3.
(b) $4.
(c) $8.
(d) $5.

10. Whose dorm room do Alaska and Miles sneak into in “fifty-one days before”?
(a) Kevin's.
(b) Lara's.
(c) Chip's.
(d) Takumi's.

11. What is the question posed for the term paper that the students are to write for their World Religions class in “seventy-six days before”?
(a) What is the meaning of life?
(b) Which religion do associate with most closely and why?
(c) What is the most important question human beings must answer?
(d) Compare and contrast Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity.

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

13. What nickname does Chip give to Miles when they meet?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) The Drifter.
(c) The Eagle.
(d) Pudge.

14. Who does Miles cite with the quote "I go to seek a Great Perhaps" in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?
(a) Wilson Carbod.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Percy Shelley.
(d) Francois Rabelais.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alaska's last name in the novel?

2. What does Chip call his concoction of vodka and milk that he keeps in the dorm room?

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. Approximately how many times does Miles say he's been to church in his life in “seventy-six days before”?

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

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