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

2. 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?
(a) "Filius Dei."
(b) "Amat Dei."
(c) "Semper Fi."
(d) "Fidelis Unum."

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

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

5. 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) Hank Walsten.
(b) Clay Wurtzel.
(c) Wilson Carbod.
(d) Longwell Chase.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alaska's last name in the novel?

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

3. What is the name that Alaska has given to her car?

4. What are the kids called at the boarding school that board during the week and go to their parents' wealthy homes during the weekends?

5. What does Chip call his concoction of vodka and milk that he keeps in the dorm room?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of the World Religions class and instructor that Miles meets in "one hundred twenty-six days before"?

3. What do Miles and Alaska discuss when Alaska visits Miles's dorm room in "one hundred twenty-eight days before"?

4. What verdict does the Jury reach in "ninety-eight days before"? What punishments are assigned?

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

6. What main characters are introduced when Miles arrives at the boarding school in "one hundred twenty-eight days before"? How are these characters different from Miles?

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

8. Where does Miles go after the hazing incident in "one hundred twenty-seven days before"? What responses is he greeted with?

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

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

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