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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 is the nickname of the dorm supervisor at Miles's boarding school?
2. What does Alaska take Miles to do when they are kicked out of World Religions class in “one hundred ten days before”?
3. Who serves at the Judge that has the right to overturn the Jury's verdict at the boarding school, according to the narrator in “ninety-eight days before”?
4. Who confesses that they ratted out Marya in “fifty-eight days before”?
5. What have the Weekday Warriors done to Alaska's dorm room in “seventy-six days before”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the value in using a first-person narrative style in Looking for Alaska? Who is the narrator?
2. What does Alaska come to inform Miles in his dorm room in "eighty-nine 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 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?
5. 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?
6. What is Alaska's response when Miles asks her how she got the name "Alaska" in "one hundred days before"?
7. Where is Miles treated for his injury in "eighty-seven days before"? What information is related to him at this setting?
8. What do Miles, Takumi, Alaska, and Chip get in trouble for in "ninety-nine days before"? How do they respond?
9. What is the topic announced for the term paper in Miles's World Religions class in "seventy-six days before"?
10. How does Miles compare himself physically to Chip in "one hundred twenty-eight days before"? Where does Chip take Miles after they meet?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the narrative point of view from which the story of Looking for Alaska is related. Why do you think the author chooses to tell the story from a first-person narrative point of view? What are the benefits of this narrative style? What are the limitations? How do you think the story would differ if it were related from a different narrative perspective?
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
Analyze the character of Miles Halter as the protagonist and narrator of Looking for Alaska. What can you discern about Miles’s character based on his use of language? How does Miles describe his own appearance? What kind of relationships does Miles have with his parents? How would you describe Miles’s outlook on life? How does Miles evolve throughout the novel?
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