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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 is the mystical sect of Islam that is discussed in the World Religions class in "twenty-one days after"?
(a) Kabbala.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Balalaika.
(d) Sufism.

2. What is the name of Miles's former fourth-grade teacher?
(a) Madame O'Malley.
(b) Dr. Hyde.
(c) Mrs. Smith.
(d) Mrs. Forrester.

3. What are Chip and Alaska doing while Takumi and Miles set fireworks on the campus as a distraction in “three days before”?
(a) Lighting the Eagle's house on fire.
(b) Rigging a trap in Kevin's dorm room.
(c) Vandalizing the cafeteria.
(d) Hacking into the school's computer system.

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

5. Who comes to Miles's dorm room to offer him marijuana and consolation in "two days after"?
(a) Wilson Carbod.
(b) Hank Walsten.
(c) Clay Wurtzel.
(d) Kevin Richmans.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. 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?

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

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

5. What does Chip say they need to borrow from the Eagle in "twenty-seven 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 information does Chip reveal to Takumi in "twenty-eight days after"? How does Takumi respond?

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 words do Miles and Chip discover in Alaska's favorite book in "seven days after"? What do they infer from these words?

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

6. How do Miles and his friends begin the pre-prank in "three days before"? How does Miles participate?

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

8. How does Miles explain his complicated feelings regarding Lara in "thirty-seven days after"?

9. What information do Miles and Chip learn from the police officer in "thirteen 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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