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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who serves at the Judge that has the right to overturn the Jury's verdict at the boarding school, according to the narrator in “ninety-eight days before”?
(a) Mrs. Forrester.
(b) Dr. Hyde.
(c) The Eagle.
(d) The Colonel.

2. When his parents leave him at the boarding school, Miles promises to call them once a week on which day?
(a) Friday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Monday.

3. In the conclusion of “ninety-nine days before," Alaska says, "Sometimes you lose a battle. But" what "always wins the war"?
(a) Mischief.
(b) Cunning.
(c) Military.
(d) Artillery.

4. What book does Miles spend the day in bed reading in “ninety-nine days before”?
(a) The Great Gatsby.
(b) To Have and Have Not.
(c) Ethan Frome.
(d) The Sun Also Rises.

5. Where is Miles about to go to attend boarding school in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Mississippi.

6. Who is the dead American President that Kevin names for Miles to say his last words, in “one hundred nine days before”?
(a) Millard Fillmore.
(b) Grover Cleveland.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

7. 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) To Have and Have Not.
(c) The Great Gatsby.
(d) Moby Dick.

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. Who is the starting center for Culver Creek's basketball team?
(a) Hank Walsten.
(b) Longwell Chase.
(c) Clay Wurtzel.
(d) Wilson Carbod.

13. Who invites Alaska and Miles to have Thanksgiving dinner at his house in “forty-seven days before”?
(a) Takumi.
(b) Chip.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Jake.

14. What is the Jury at Culver Creek comprised of?
(a) Twelve faculty members.
(b) Six students.
(c) Twelve students.
(d) Six faculty members.

15. How many basketball games in a row does Chip say he's been consecutively kicked out of in “one hundred nine days before”?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 37.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the question posed for the term paper that the students are to write for their World Religions class in “seventy-six days before”?

3. What is Chip's last name?

4. Chip thinks that the sizable knot on Miles's forehead looks like a topographical map of what country in “eighty-four days before”?

5. What is the name of Chip's girlfriend in the novel?

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