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

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

3. The instructor in the World Religions class explains in “seventy-six days before” that who "was special because he abandoned his wealth and noble birth to seek enlightenment"?
(a) Hare Krishna.
(b) Muhammad.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) The Buddha.

4. What kind of video do Miles and Alaska find and watch in “forty-nine days before”?
(a) A family video of Miles's.
(b) A comedic movie.
(c) A pornographic video.
(d) A horror movie.

5. How tall is Miles said to be in the novel?
(a) 5'10.
(b) 5'8.
(c) 6'.
(d) 6'1.

Short Answer Questions

1. The chapter "one hundred one days before" begins on the first morning of what month?

2. What is Chip doing to prepare for a date when Miles comes into their dorm room in “one hundred twenty-two days before”?

3. Miles learns in his World Religions class that around the time of Jesus, some Roman coins had a picture of the Emperor Augustus on them with what words inscribed underneath?

4. For how many days has it been ceaselessly raining in the beginning of “seventy-six days before”?

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

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