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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. Who invites Alaska and Miles to have Thanksgiving dinner at his house in “forty-seven days before”?

2. What snack does Takumi bring to Miles on the campus lawn in “sixty-seven days before”?

3. What is Chip's nickname in the novel?

4. The chapter "one hundred one days before" begins on the first morning of what month?

5. Where does Alaska ask Miles to go study with her during their lunch break in "one hundred one days before"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Miles and Alaska kicked out their World Religions class in "one hundred ten days before"? Where do they go?

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

3. What information does Miles learn from Takumi in "sixty-seven days before"?

4. Who helps in tutoring Miles and several other students for an exam in "one hundred one days before"? Is the tutoring effective?

5. Where is Miles treated for his injury in "eighty-seven days before"? What information is related to him at this setting?

6. What do Miles and Alaska discuss when Alaska visits Miles's dorm room in "one hundred twenty-eight days before"?

7. What verdict does the Jury reach in "ninety-eight days before"? What punishments are assigned?

8. 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?

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

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

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 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 3

Discuss the French Renaissance writer, doctor, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar Francois Rabelais. When did Rabelais live? Why did he leave the monastery? Why do you think his last words, cited by Miles, are significant in Looking for Alaska?

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