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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. Miles learns in his World Religions class that around the time of Jesus, some Roman coins had a picture of the Emperor Augustus on them with what words inscribed underneath?

2. What is the first class that Miles attends at the boarding school in “one hundred twenty-six days before”?

3. What poet does Chip describe in his rap in “one hundred ten days before” as being unafraid of "slant rhyme"?

4. Whose final words were, according to Miles, "Strike the tent"?

5. What dorm room is Miles assigned when he arrives at the boarding school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of quotations does Miles memorize regularly in the novel? Why is this significant to the story?

2. What does Alaska tell Miles when she awakens him in the night in "fifty-eight days before"? How does Miles respond?

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

4. What do Miles, Alaska, Takumi, and Chip do at their hideout in "one hundred ten days before"?

5. 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?

6. Where does Miles go after the hazing incident in "one hundred twenty-seven days before"? What responses is he greeted with?

7. What "hazing" incident takes place in "one hundred twenty-seven days before"? What does the hazing consist of?

8. What friend of Chip's does Miles meet in the cafeteria in "one hundred twenty-seven days before"? What does this character discuss with Chip?

9. What does Alaska come to inform Miles in his dorm room in "eighty-nine days before"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the school dynamics, relationships, and hierarchies established in the first chapters of the novel. Who are the “Weekday Warriors” and why does Chip dislike this group of students? What is Mr. Starnes’s role at the school? Who is “the Jury”?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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