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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 question that Alaska addressed in her term paper for World Religions?

2. What kind of bottle does Takumi keep alcohol hidden in in his dorm room in "twenty-seven days after"?

3. What does Miles receive as punishment from the Jury in "twenty-eight days after"?

4. What Buddhist doctrine "basically says that people don't have eternal souls," according to Miles?

5. What does Takumi call the hat that he puts on as he and Miles set out to start the pre-prank in “three days before”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information do Miles and Chip learn from the police officer in "thirteen days after"?

2. What emotions does Miles express following Alaska's death in "two days after"?

3. What does Chip reveal when he returns in "four days after"? Where has Chip been?

4. What "experiment" do Miles and Chip attempt to conduct in "twenty-seven days after"? How do they go about conducting this experiment?

5. What plan does Alaska announce to Miles, Takumi, and Chip in "eight days before"?

6. What is Chip's plan for memorializing Alaska in "sixty-nine days after"? How does Miles respond to the idea?

7. What information does Chip reveal to Takumi in "twenty-eight days after"? How does Takumi respond?

8. What theory does Chip present to Miles in "nine days after"? Who does Chip believe called Alaska on the night she died?

9. What words do Miles and Chip discover in Alaska's favorite book in "seven days after"? What do they infer from these words?

10. How would you compare the narrative focus and tone of "Before" and "After" in Looking for Alaska?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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