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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 are the kids called at the boarding school that board during the week and go to their parents' wealthy homes during the weekends?
(a) The Weekday Warriors.
(b) The Weekend Wranglers.
(c) The Rambling Roses.
(d) The Homewood Hotties.

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

3. What does Chip call his concoction of vodka and milk that he keeps in the dorm room?
(a) Decadence.
(b) Mr. Goodies.
(c) White Russian.
(d) Ambrosia.

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

5. 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) 21.
(c) 16.
(d) 37.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alaska's last name in the novel?

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

3. Who is the teacher of Miles's World Religions class at the boarding school?

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

5. Where is Takumi from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alaska come to inform Miles in his dorm room in "eighty-nine days before"?

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

3. What conversation takes place between Dr. Hyde and Miles in "one hundred eight days before"?

4. What do Miles and Alaska discuss when Alaska visits Miles's dorm room in "one hundred twenty-eight days before"?

5. How has the weather changed in "eighty-four days before"? How has this affected Miles's relationships?

6. What does Chip reveal to Miles about his girlfriend after their fight in "one hundred twenty-two days before"?

7. What is the significance of the World Religions class and instructor that Miles meets in "one hundred twenty-six days before"?

8. What does Alaska tell Miles when she awakens him in the night in "fifty-eight days before"? How does Miles respond?

9. Where is Miles treated for his injury in "eighty-seven days before"? What information is related to him at this setting?

10. Who helps in tutoring Miles and several other students for an exam in "one hundred one days before"? Is the tutoring effective?

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