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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What sentence is handed down by the Jury to Alaska and Chip in “ninety-eight days before”?
2. When Alaska arrives outside the Jury room in “ninety-eight days before," she tells Miles that she has now been caught smoking how many times at the school?
3. How many people attend Miles's going-away party in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?
4. Whose final words were, according to Miles, "Strike the tent"?
5. Who does Miles cite with the quote "I go to seek a Great Perhaps" in “one hundred thirty-six days before"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What conversation takes place between Dr. Hyde and Miles in "one hundred eight days before"?
2. What does Miles realize about his previous encounter with the Jury in "sixty-seven days before"?
3. How and why does Miles become injured during the "triple-date" that Alaska has arranged in "eighty-seven days before"?
4. What does Alaska tell Miles when she awakens him in the night in "fifty-eight days before"? How does Miles respond?
5. How does Miles describe the system of criminal justice at Culver Creek Preparatory School in "ninety-eight days before"?
6. What is the value in using a first-person narrative style in Looking for Alaska? Who is the narrator?
7. Why is Chip kicked out of the basketball game in "one hundred nine days before"? What does he tell Miles about his history at the basketball games?
8. Why are Miles and Alaska kicked out their World Religions class in "one hundred ten days before"? Where do they go?
9. What information does Miles learn from Takumi in "sixty-seven days before"?
10. What do Miles, Takumi, Alaska, and Chip get in trouble for in "ninety-nine days before"? How do they respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the character of Alaska Young in Looking for Alaska. How does Alaska differ from Miles in terms of language style, interests, and behavior? What characteristics attract Miles to Alaska? Why do you think Alaska spends time with Miles? Is Alaska a likable character? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the characters of Miles Halter and Chip Martin. How does Miles compare himself to Chip physically? How would you compare the mannerisms, language, and attitudes of the characters? What is Chip’s nickname and what is its significance? How does Miles’s nickname differ?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the motif of pranks in Looking for Alaska. What is the history of pranks at the school? What real-life experiences did John Green draw on to develop this motif? How do the pranks in the novel relate to the overall themes of the story?
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