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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 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) Rabe'a al-Adiwiyah.
(b) Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.
(c) Hazrat Data Gunj Baksh.
(d) Moinuddin Chishti.

2. Who is the author of The Little Prince?
(a) Richard de Fournival.
(b) Gontier de Soignies.
(c) Samuel Beckett.
(d) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

3. What has the Eagle announced that the school is going to build in memory of Alaska in "sixty-nine days after"?
(a) A new parking lot.
(b) A playground.
(c) A cafe.
(d) A library.

4. What does Miles say Henry Ward Beecher's last words were in "the day after"?
(a) See you on the other side.
(b) Here goes nothing.
(c) I lived a good life.
(d) Now comes the mystery.

5. Who supposedly said as his last words, "I've had eighteen straight whiskeys. I do believe that's a record"?
(a) Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) Dylan Thomas.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maxx's real name, according to Miles in "one hundred two days after"?

2. What novel is Miles reading when Chip awakens in the beginning of "eighty-three days after"?

3. Where does Miles go to smoke in the end of “eight days before”?

4. At what time does the Eagle knock on Chip and Miles's door in the beginning of "the day after"?

5. Whose biography is Miles reading when Chip returns in “four days after”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Chip reveal to Miles and Takumi after his phone call with Jake in "twenty-nine days after"?

3. How does the Eagle respond when he catches Miles smoking in "twenty-seven days after"? What do Miles and Chip do after the Eagle leaves?

4. What causes the argument between Miles and Chip in "twenty days after"? Where does Miles go after the argument?

5. What does Chip reveal when he returns in "four days after"? Where has Chip been?

6. Where do Miles and his friends go to discuss their plans for the pre-prank in "three days before"? How do they get past the Eagle?

7. What is Chip's plan for memorializing Alaska in "sixty-nine days after"? How does Miles respond to the idea?

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

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

10. What realizations does Miles make after he discovers Alaska's doodle on the wall by the phone in "sixty-two days after"?

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