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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. Near what city is the boarding school located that Miles arrives at in “one hundred twenty-eight days before”?
(a) Newport.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Little Rock.

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

3. What color hair does Alaska's boyfriend have?
(a) Blond.
(b) Black.
(c) Auburn.
(d) Brown.

4. What snack does Takumi bring to Miles on the campus lawn in “sixty-seven days before”?
(a) An oatmeal cream pie.
(b) A burrito.
(c) A slice of pizza.
(d) A moon pie.

5. What are the three religious traditions that are to be covered over the year in World Religions?
(a) Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism.
(b) Hinduism, Judaism, and Christianity.
(c) Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism.
(d) Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of video do Miles and Alaska find and watch in “forty-nine days before”?

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 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”?

4. What does Miles's mother make a "small mountain of" for his going-away party in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?

5. Where does Chip say Alaska is from in “one hundred twenty-seven days before”?

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