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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. What is described in “eighty-seven days before” as Birmingham's richest suburb?
(a) Homewood.
(b) Vestavia Hills.
(c) Mountain Brook.
(d) Hoover.

2. What poet does Chip describe in his rap in “one hundred ten days before” as being unafraid of "slant rhyme"?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Percy Shelley.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) Lord Byron.

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

4. For how many days has it been ceaselessly raining in the beginning of “seventy-six days before”?
(a) For 3 days.
(b) For 6 days.
(c) For 9 days.
(d) For 16 days.

5. The term paper that the students are to write for their World Religions class is worth how much of their grade?
(a) 50%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 100%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel is Chip reading for his English class when Alaska visits his and Miles's dorm room in “eighty-nine days before”?

2. What is Chip's nickname in the novel?

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

4. Where is Miles about to go to attend boarding school in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?

5. What color hair does Alaska's boyfriend have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miles realize about his previous encounter with the Jury in "sixty-seven days before"?

2. What conversation takes place between Dr. Hyde and Miles in "one hundred eight days before"?

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

4. What do Miles, Takumi, Alaska, and Chip get in trouble for in "ninety-nine days before"? How do they respond?

5. What friend of Chip's does Miles meet in the cafeteria in "one hundred twenty-seven days before"? What does this character discuss with Chip?

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

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

8. How does Miles compare himself physically to Chip in "one hundred twenty-eight days before"? Where does Chip take Miles after they meet?

9. Where is Miles treated for his injury in "eighty-seven days before"? What information is related to him at this setting?

10. How does Miles describe the system of criminal justice at Culver Creek Preparatory School in "ninety-eight days before"?

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