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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. How many basketball games in a row does Chip say he's been consecutively kicked out of in “one hundred nine days before”?

2. Miles describes his dorm room at the boarding school as reminding him more of what than the dorm room of his fantasies?

3. What is the name that Alaska has given to her car?

4. Who is the "seventh wheel" that will accompany Alaska and the others on a "triple date" in “eighty-nine days before”?

5. What is the name of Chip's girlfriend in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Miles realize about his previous encounter with the Jury in "sixty-seven days before"?

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

4. 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?

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

6. Whose dorm room do Alaska and Miles break into in "fifty-one days before"? Why?

7. 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?

8. How has the weather changed in "eighty-four days before"? How has this affected Miles's relationships?

9. What does Chip reveal to Miles about his girlfriend after their fight in "one hundred twenty-two days before"?

10. What is the topic announced for the term paper in Miles's World Religions class in "seventy-six days before"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of loyalty in Looking for Alaska. How is this theme developed through the characters of Miles, Alaska, Chip, and Takumi? How does the author develop this theme through the novel’s setting? What does loyalty mean to the characters in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of cigarettes and smoking in the novel. Why does Alaska say she smokes? How does Miles progress from being a nonsmoker to being a smoker in the narrative? What symbolism is evoked through this motif?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the actions, objectives, and obstacles in enacting the pre-prank called “Barn Night.” What are the actions and objectives of Takumi and Miles? What actions does Lara commit toward the goal? Are the students successful in achieving their objective? Why or why not?

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