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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “After,” Part 2 (pages 157-173).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) What is the most important question human beings must answer?
(b) What is the meaning of life?
(c) Which religion do associate with most closely and why?
(d) Compare and contrast Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity.

2. What is Alaska's last name in the novel?
(a) Smith.
(b) Douglass.
(c) Young.
(d) Anderson.

3. How old does Alaska say she was when her parents let her choose her own name?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 16.

4. What character created by Arthur Miller does Chip rap about in “one hundred ten days before”?
(a) Estragon.
(b) Willy Loman.
(c) George Walters.
(d) Hamlet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Miles kicked out of his World Religions class in “one hundred ten days before”?

2. Who is described by Miles in "fourteen days after" as "the senior I knew primarily from viewing her nude self-portraits over Thanksgiving with Alaska"?

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

4. Where do Miles and Chip go to talk to the police about Alaska's death in "thirteen days after"?

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

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