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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the starting center for Culver Creek's basketball team?
(a) Longwell Chase.
(b) Hank Walsten.
(c) Clay Wurtzel.
(d) Wilson Carbod.

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

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

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

5. What is the one luxury that Miles finds in his dorm room when he arrives in “one hundred twenty-eight days before”?
(a) An air-conditioner.
(b) Thick carpeting.
(c) A private bathroom.
(d) A bookshelf.

6. What does Miles say the American Civil War is called "around these parts" in “sixty-seven days before”?
(a) The War Against Slavery.
(b) The War Between North and South.
(c) The War for Slavery.
(d) The War Between the States.

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

8. 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.

9. When the Eagle catches Miles, Alaska, Chip, and Takumi smoking by the lake in “ninety-nine days before," he tells them to be in Jury tomorrow at what time?
(a) 8:00.
(b) 4:00.
(c) 3:00.
(d) 5:00.

10. What is the first class that Miles attends at the boarding school in “one hundred twenty-six days before”?
(a) History class.
(b) Calculus class.
(c) French class.
(d) English class.

11. What television channel do Miles and his parents watch after his going-away party dissolves in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?
(a) CNN.
(b) The History Channel.
(c) The Sci-Fi Network.
(d) The Nature Channel.

12. What does Miles's mother make a "small mountain of" for his going-away party in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Pasta salad.
(c) Potato salad.
(d) Artichoke dip.

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

14. What are the kids called at the boarding school that board during the week and go to their parents' wealthy homes during the weekends?
(a) The Weekend Wranglers.
(b) The Weekday Warriors.
(c) The Homewood Hotties.
(d) The Rambling Roses.

15. What does Alaska take Miles to do when they are kicked out of World Religions class in “one hundred ten days before”?
(a) Look for four-leaf clovers.
(b) Smoke marijuana.
(c) Skip stones at the creek.
(d) Go skateboarding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miles learns in his World Religions class that around the time of Jesus, some Roman coins had a picture of the Emperor Augustus on them with what words inscribed underneath?

2. How many fifty-minute class periods do the students have per school day at the boarding school?

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

4. Where does Alaska ask Miles to go study with her during their lunch break in "one hundred one days before"?

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

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