Before, Part 5, p. 66 - 82 and Part 6, p. 82-97 Summary

eighty four days before - A few days after the basketball game, the campus is inundated by a heavy, constant rain that lasts for several days, during which Chip indulges in video games, Miles keeps his distance from Lara, and Alaska keeps her distance from Miles. At one point, he finds her sitting by a window and starts asking her what`s going on, but she says she's not in a mood to talk, assuring him that her silence has nothing to do with him.

seventy six days before - One day during the storm, the World Religions class receives the topic for its major project, worth fifty percent of their mark ("What is the most important question human beings must answer? Choose your question wisely, and then examine...