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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Before,” Part 5 (pages 66-97).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname does Chip give to Miles when they meet?
(a) Pudge.
(b) The Drifter.
(c) The Colonel.
(d) The Eagle.

2. Where does Miles believe that Lara was born in "one hundred one days before"?
(a) Russia.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Spain.
(d) Greece.

3. 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) To Have and Have Not.
(d) The Great Gatsby.

4. What is the first class that Miles attends at the boarding school in “one hundred twenty-six days before”?
(a) English class.
(b) French class.
(c) History class.
(d) Calculus class.

5. What does Alaska take Miles to do when they are kicked out of World Religions class in “one hundred ten days before”?
(a) Look for four-leaf clovers.
(b) Go skateboarding.
(c) Smoke marijuana.
(d) Skip stones at the creek.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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”?

3. Who serves at the Judge that has the right to overturn the Jury's verdict at the boarding school, according to the narrator in “ninety-eight days before”?

4. What does Miles say the American Civil War is called "around these parts" in “sixty-seven days before”?

5. When Hank tells Alaska that marijuana is better for your health than cigarettes, she responds by telling him, "I may die young. But at least I'll die" what?

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