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

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

3. Where does Chip live with his mother when he's not in boarding school?
(a) New Hope.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. What is the one luxury that Miles finds in his dorm room when he arrives in “one hundred twenty-eight days before”?
(a) A bookshelf.
(b) A private bathroom.
(c) Thick carpeting.
(d) An air-conditioner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall is Miles said to be in the novel?

2. The term paper that the students are to write for their World Religions class is worth how much of their grade?

3. How old does Alaska say she was when her parents let her choose her own name?

4. What is the name of Miles's French teacher at the boarding school?

5. How much does Alaska charge Chip and Miles for the packs of cigarettes she sells them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of quotations does Miles memorize regularly in the novel? Why is this significant to the story?

2. 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?

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

4. What do Miles, Takumi, Alaska, and Chip get in trouble for in "ninety-nine days before"? How do they respond?

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

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

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

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

9. How and why does Miles become injured during the "triple-date" that Alaska has arranged in "eighty-seven days before"?

10. What nicknames are established for Chip and Miles in "one hundred twenty-eight days before"? What other information does Chip share with Miles in this chapter?

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