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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. Where does Chip tell the Eagle that he is taking Miles and Takumi for the weekend in “three days before”?

2. What is Maxx's real name, according to Miles in "one hundred two days after"?

3. What is the name of the supreme prank that Alaska had concocted to perform during their senior year, according to Chip in "sixty-nine days after"?

4. How does the Eagle say Alaska died in "the day after"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What conclusion does Chip reach after the discussion with the police officer in "thirteen days after"?

2. What takes place when "Dr. Morse" takes the podium in "one hundred two days after"?

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

4. What does Takumi's realization lead Miles, Chip, and Takumi to infer about Alaska's last moments in "one hundred fourteen days after"?

5. What does Miles learn from Alaska's father at her funeral in "six days after"? What does Miles do after Alaska's father leaves?

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

7. What is the main subject of Miles's focus in "four days before"? What are Chip and Alaska doing during this time?

8. What causes the argument between Miles and Chip in "twenty days after"? Where does Miles go after the argument?

9. How has the atmosphere of the school changed in "eight days after"? How does Dr. Hyde address Alaska's death?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the family lives of Miles, Alaska, and Chip in the narrative. How are they similar? How are they different? What do you think family means to Miles? How has his sense of family shifted since his arrival at Culver Creek? How does this theme relate to the themes of loyalty, philosophy, and religion in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting of the novel and author John Green’s source material that he drew from in establishing this setting. Where in Alabama is the Culver Creek Preparatory School located? What clues in the text indicate the time period in which the story takes place? What are the social, cultural, and economic factors within the setting of Birmingham?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of philosophy and religion in Looking for Alaska. How do these themes connect to the theme of Miles’s search for meaning? How has the author developed these themes using symbolism, imagery, character development, and plot structure?

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