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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The day after Alaska's funeral is what holiday in "seven days after"?
(a) President's Day.
(b) Martin Luther King Day.
(c) Easter.
(d) Halloween.

2. What Buddhist doctrine "basically says that people don't have eternal souls," according to Miles?
(a) Namaste.
(b) Anatta.
(c) Reincarnation.
(d) Karma.

3. Who is the great woman saint of Sufism that is described in "twenty-one days after" as having run through the streets of Basra carrying a torch and a bucket of water?
(a) Moinuddin Chishti.
(b) Hazrat Data Gunj Baksh.
(c) Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.
(d) Rabe'a al-Adiwiyah.

4. What individual does Miles read about for World Religions that reached Enlightenment after he went to a butcher and asked for his best piece of meat in "fifty-one days after"?
(a) Jesus Christ.
(b) Banzan.
(c) Saint Paul.
(d) Buddha.

5. What are Chip and Alaska doing while Takumi and Miles set fireworks on the campus as a distraction in “three days before”?
(a) Rigging a trap in Kevin's dorm room.
(b) Vandalizing the cafeteria.
(c) Lighting the Eagle's house on fire.
(d) Hacking into the school's computer system.

6. What book of Alaska's does Miles search for in her dorm room in "seven days after"?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) The Old Man and the Sea.
(d) The General in His Labyrinth.

7. What is the name of the drinking game that Alaska introduces to the others in the hideout in “two days before”?
(a) Beer Pong.
(b) Best Day/Worst Day.
(c) Three Man.
(d) Rotten Quarters.

8. What is the name of Lara's roommate at the boarding school?
(a) Holly.
(b) Marya.
(c) Katie.
(d) Maureen.

9. What animal bites Miles on the rear as he and Takumi flee from the Eagle in “three days before”?
(a) A goose.
(b) A cat.
(c) A swan.
(d) A dog.

10. Where does Chip say he walked to in “four days after”?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Montevallo.
(d) Oxford.

11. With whom does Alaska tell the Eagle she is spending the weekend in “three days before”?
(a) Madame O'Malley.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Jake.
(d) Her father.

12. Where do Miles and Chip go to talk to the police about Alaska's death in "thirteen days after"?
(a) The New Hope Police Department.
(b) The Atlanta Police Department.
(c) The Pelham Police Department.
(d) The Homewood Police Department.

13. Who was Alaska's favorite playwright, according to Miles in "the day after"?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Samuel Beckett.
(c) Catherine O'Hara.
(d) Eugene O'Neill.

14. Where is Alaska's funeral to be held?
(a) Vine Station.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Atlanta.

15. What does Chip say they need to borrow from the Eagle in "twenty-seven days after"?
(a) His Breathalyzer.
(b) His telephone.
(c) His car.
(d) His sunglasses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Eagle catch Miles doing when he enters his dorm room in "twenty-seven days after"?

2. Miles notes in "fifty-one days after" that the "Buddha said that suffering was caused by" what?

3. What is the name that Alaska coined for the fried burritos they serve in the cafeteria?

4. What does the police officer say Alaska's "BAL" registered when they tested her in "thirteen days after"?

5. What is Lara's last name in the novel?

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