Lauren

Questions:
1) Where is the private school, that Miles Halter wants to attend, located?
2) What is the name of the new private school and what reason do Mr. and Mrs. Halter think Miles has for switching schools?
3) What is the layout of the Culver Creek campus?
4) Who does Miles get assigned to dorm with and what is his nickname?
5) Who else is in the group of people that Miles is first introduced to when he arrives at Culver Creek?
6) What was the welcoming prank pulled on Miles during his first night at school?
7) What was the reason for the extra cruelty used in his "welcoming" prank?
8) What special talents do Miles and the Colonel possess?
9) Why were Miles and Alaska kicked out of their religion class?
10) What opinions does the group have about the religion teacher, Dr. Hyde?

Answers:
1) The new private school that Miles wants to go to is in Alabama, farther away from his home in Florida.
2) The new school Miles wants to attend is Culver Creek. His mother thinks his reason for switching school is his lack of friends while his father thinks that he is trying to follow in his footsteps.
3) The Culver Creek campus is composed of six tall door buildings all facing in towards the center of the circle. It has the one building for classes just passed the dorms, a lake, and the residence of "The Eagle" in the dorm circle.
4) Miles gets assigned to dorm with Chip Martin, a.k.a. the Colonel.
5) Upon his arrival at Culver Creek, Miles is also introduced to Alaska Young and Takumi.
6) The prank pulled on Miles was that Kevin and his two friends wrapped him up in duct tape and threw him into the water, wearing nothing but his underwear.
7) The average welcoming prank involves no duct tape, Kevin and the others were especially cruel to Miles because he is a friend of the Colonel and they think he ratted out their two friends Paul and Marya.
8) Miles has a unusual talent of being able to repeat the last words of a great number of people due to his adoration of reading biographies. The Colonel has the special talent of being able to memorize the names of states, countries, cities and capitols just by reading about them.
9) Miles was kicked out of religion class for not paying attention while Dr. Hyde (also known as "the old man) was talking. Alaska got kicked out as well since she tried to stand up for Miles and made a bit of a scene while being rude to Dr. Hyde.
10) Alaska, Takumi and the Colonel all have fairly negative opinions of Dr. Hyde. They think he's rude, strict and a little bit scary. Miles, on the other hand, thinks that Dr. Hyde is a complete genius and wants to absorb as much information in that class as he can.