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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Compare and contrast Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity.
(b) Which religion do associate with most closely and why?
(c) What is the most important question human beings must answer?
(d) What is the meaning of life?

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

3. 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 hospital.
(c) A morgue.
(d) A mausoleum.

4. What dorm room is Miles assigned when he arrives at the boarding school?
(a) Room 36.
(b) Room 43.
(c) Room 12.
(d) Room 151.

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

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

7. Where is Takumi from?
(a) Japan.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Korea.

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

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

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

11. What is the name that Alaska has given to her car?
(a) Cherry Cola.
(b) Blue Citrus.
(c) Red Cherry.
(d) Hot Rod.

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

13. Who is the student in Miles's biology class that participated in throwing him in the lake?
(a) Longwell Chase.
(b) Hank Walsten.
(c) Clay Wurtzel.
(d) Wilson Carbod.

14. What sentence is handed down by the Jury to Alaska and Chip in “ninety-eight days before”?
(a) 10 work hours.
(b) Suspension.
(c) Expulsion.
(d) 20 work hours.

15. What book does Miles spend the day in bed reading in “ninety-nine days before”?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) The Sun Also Rises.
(c) Ethan Frome.
(d) The Great Gatsby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the "tiny blonde with rectangular glasses" that attends Miles's going-away party in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?

2. Where does Chip say Alaska is from in “one hundred twenty-seven days before”?

3. What is the first class that Miles attends at the boarding school in “one hundred twenty-six days before”?

4. 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”?

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

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