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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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”?
(a) Longwell Chase.
(b) Wilson Carbod.
(c) Clay Wurtzel.
(d) Hank Walsten.

2. 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) What is the meaning of life?
(c) Which religion do associate with most closely and why?
(d) What is the most important question human beings must answer?

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

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”?
(a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Percy Shelley.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the boarding school that Miles is planning to attend in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?

2. Chip thinks that the sizable knot on Miles's forehead looks like a topographical map of what country in “eighty-four days before”?

3. Where does Alaska's boyfriend attend college?

4. What is the name of Miles's French teacher at the boarding school?

5. What French verb meaning "to believe" does Miles's French teacher conjugate in “eighty-four days before”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Miles and Alaska kicked out their World Religions class in "one hundred ten days before"? Where do they go?

2. What is the topic announced for the term paper in Miles's World Religions class in "seventy-six days before"?

3. Who helps in tutoring Miles and several other students for an exam in "one hundred one days before"? Is the tutoring effective?

4. What does Chip reveal to Miles about his girlfriend after their fight in "one hundred twenty-two days before"?

5. What do Miles, Alaska, Takumi, and Chip do at their hideout in "one hundred ten days before"?

6. How does Miles indicate those who were involved in the hazing incident in "one hundred twenty-six days before"?

7. Whose dorm room do Alaska and Miles break into in "fifty-one days before"? Why?

8. How and why does Miles become injured during the "triple-date" that Alaska has arranged in "eighty-seven days before"?

9. Why is Chip kicked out of the basketball game in "one hundred nine days before"? What does he tell Miles about his history at the basketball games?

10. What does Alaska tell Miles when she awakens him in the night in "fifty-eight days before"? How does Miles respond?

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