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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 is Chip doing to prepare for a date when Miles comes into their dorm room in “one hundred twenty-two days before”?
(a) Ironing a shirt.
(b) Styling his hair.
(c) Shaving.
(d) Washing his hair.

2. What novel is Chip reading for his English class when Alaska visits his and Miles's dorm room in “eighty-nine days before”?
(a) The Little Prince.
(b) Moby Dick.
(c) The Great Gatsby.
(d) To Have and Have Not.

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

4. What television channel do Miles and his parents watch after his going-away party dissolves in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?
(a) The History Channel.
(b) The Sci-Fi Network.
(c) The Nature Channel.
(d) CNN.

5. 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) Potato salad.
(c) Spaghetti.
(d) Artichoke dip.

Short Answer Questions

1. The term paper that the students are to write for their World Religions class is worth how much of their grade?

2. What was the name of Alaska's roommate that was expelled from the school?

3. What is described in “eighty-seven days before” as Birmingham's richest suburb?

4. When the Eagle catches Miles, Alaska, Chip, and Takumi smoking by the lake in “ninety-nine days before," he tells them to be in Jury tomorrow at what time?

5. When his parents leave him at the boarding school, Miles promises to call them once a week on which day?

(see the answer key)

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