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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who confesses that they ratted out Marya in “fifty-eight days before”?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Chip.
(c) Miles.
(d) Maureen.

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

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

4. Who is the teacher of Miles's World Religions class at the boarding school?
(a) Dr. Hyde.
(b) Dr. Smith.
(c) Dr. Walsten.
(d) Dr. Forrester.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. What color hair does Alaska's boyfriend have?
(a) Blond.
(b) Auburn.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

11. What are the two words contained in the "Dress Code" section of the boarding school's handbook?
(a) Casual modesty.
(b) School uniform.
(c) Black tie.
(d) Modest attire.

12. What novel is Chip reading for his English class when Alaska visits his and Miles's dorm room in “eighty-nine days before”?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) The Little Prince.
(c) The Great Gatsby.
(d) To Have and Have Not.

13. What sentencing do Miles and Takumi receive from the Jury in “ninety-eight days before”?
(a) 10 hours washing dishes in the cafeteria.
(b) They receive no punishment.
(c) They are expelled.
(d) They are suspended.

14. 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.

15. Where does Chip live with his mother when he's not in boarding school?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New Hope.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites Alaska and Miles to have Thanksgiving dinner at his house in “forty-seven days before”?

2. For how many days has it been ceaselessly raining in the beginning of “seventy-six days before”?

3. What is Chip doing to prepare for a date when Miles comes into their dorm room in “one hundred twenty-two days before”?

4. Who does Chip describe as the "star" of the boarding school's basketball team in “one hundred nine days before”?

5. What color shirt does Miles wear for his triple-and-a-half date in “eighty-seven days before”?

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