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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Before,” Part 3 (pages 38-55).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miles's mother make a "small mountain of" for his going-away party in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?
(a) Pasta salad.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Artichoke dip.
(d) Potato salad.

2. Where is Takumi from?
(a) Thailand.
(b) Japan.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Korea.

3. What grade does Miles receive on his precalc test in “one hundred days before”?
(a) B+.
(b) D+.
(c) A+.
(d) C-.

4. Who is the author of the poem that Chip quotes with the line "Miles to go before I sleep" in “one hundred twenty-eight days before”?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) Percy Shelley.

5. The chapter "one hundred one days before" begins on the first morning of what month?
(a) September.
(b) November.
(c) October.
(d) December.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what narrative perspective is the story of Looking for Alaska related?

2. Where does Alaska ask Miles to go study with her during their lunch break in "one hundred one days before"?

3. Who is the dead American President that Kevin names for Miles to say his last words, in “one hundred nine days before”?

4. Who is the student in Miles's biology class that participated in throwing him in the lake?

5. What is the first class that Miles attends at the boarding school in “one hundred twenty-six days before”?

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