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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 horror movie.
(d) A pornographic video.

2. What is the nickname of the dorm supervisor at Miles's boarding school?
(a) The Inmate.
(b) The Hawk.
(c) The Mortician.
(d) The Eagle.

3. What is described in “eighty-seven days before” as Birmingham's richest suburb?
(a) Vestavia Hills.
(b) Hoover.
(c) Mountain Brook.
(d) Homewood.

4. What is the name of Miles's French teacher at the boarding school?
(a) Mrs. Richman.
(b) Dr. Hyde.
(c) Madame O'Malley.
(d) Mrs. Forrester.

5. What was the name of Alaska's roommate that was expelled from the school?
(a) Marie Lawson.
(b) Katie.
(c) Lara.
(d) Marya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the kids called at the boarding school that board during the week and go to their parents' wealthy homes during the weekends?

2. 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?

3. Where does Chip say Alaska is from in “one hundred twenty-seven days before”?

4. What does Miles's mother make a "small mountain of" for his going-away party in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?

5. Who invites Alaska and Miles to have Thanksgiving dinner at his house in “forty-seven days before”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Miles learn from Takumi in "sixty-seven days before"?

2. What "hazing" incident takes place in "one hundred twenty-seven days before"? What does the hazing consist of?

3. What main characters are introduced when Miles arrives at the boarding school in "one hundred twenty-eight days before"? How are these characters different from Miles?

4. Why are Miles and Alaska kicked out their World Religions class in "one hundred ten days before"? Where do they go?

5. How does Miles describe the system of criminal justice at Culver Creek Preparatory School in "ninety-eight days before"?

6. What is the value in using a first-person narrative style in Looking for Alaska? Who is the narrator?

7. Why is Chip kicked out of the basketball game in "one hundred nine days before"? What does he tell Miles about his history at the basketball games?

8. What is Alaska's response when Miles asks her how she got the name "Alaska" in "one hundred days before"?

9. Where does Miles go after the hazing incident in "one hundred twenty-seven days before"? What responses is he greeted with?

10. What does Miles realize about his previous encounter with the Jury in "sixty-seven days before"?

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