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

2. What does Miles discover on the wall by the payphone that Alaska doodled on the night she died in "sixty-two days after"?
(a) An angel.
(b) A turtle.
(c) A bird.
(d) A flower.

3. Where does the Eagle tell Miles and Chip to go when he knocks on their door in "the day after"?
(a) To the computer lab.
(b) To the principal's office.
(c) To the gym.
(d) To the cafeteria.

4. What is the name of the liquor store that Chip, Takumi, and Miles go to in "forty-five days after"?
(a) The Liquor Barn.
(b) Liquor Expo.
(c) Mad Wines.
(d) Coosa Liquors.

5. When Dr. Hyde enters the classroom in "eight days after," he says, "It is a law that parents should not have to" do what?
(a) Clean up after their children.
(b) Bury their children.
(c) Send their children to school.
(d) Spend the summer alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes to the school's supply room to connect stereo equipment to the gym's loudspeakers in "one hundred two days after"?

2. What is the first of the "warning signs of suicide" that Chip and Miles find on the web in "fourteen days after"?

3. 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"?

4. What do Takumi and Miles do when they think they hear the Eagle knocking at Miles's door while they're smoking in "twenty-nine days after"?

5. What words are written in Alaska's favorite book that Miles finds in her dorm room in "seven days after"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miles learn from Alaska's father at her funeral in "six days after"? What does Miles do after Alaska's father leaves?

2. What does Takumi's realization lead Miles, Chip, and Takumi to infer about Alaska's last moments in "one hundred fourteen days after"?

3. How has the atmosphere of the school changed in "eight days after"? How does Dr. Hyde address Alaska's death?

4. What information does Chip reveal to Takumi in "twenty-eight days after"? How does Takumi respond?

5. What conclusion does Chip reach after the discussion with the police officer in "thirteen days after"?

6. What "best day" stories are related from the characters during Alaska's game of Best Day/Worst Day in "two days before"?

7. How does Miles's father assist in the development of the prank in "eighty-four days after"?

8. What is the main subject of Miles's focus in "four days before"? What are Chip and Alaska doing during this time?

9. What epiphany does Miles come to during his World Religions class in "fifty-one days after"?

10. How would you compare the narrative focus and tone of "Before" and "After" in Looking for Alaska?

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