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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 does Miles receive as punishment from the Jury in "twenty-eight days after"?
2. Who goes to the school's supply room to connect stereo equipment to the gym's loudspeakers in "one hundred two days after"?
3. Who does Chip say is coming to take Alaska's belongings from her dorm room the next day in "seven days after"?
4. How much money does Chip give to Maxx for his participation in the school prank in "one hundred two days after"?
5. Who famously called religion "the opiate of the masses," according to Dr. Hyde in "twenty-one days after"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What plan does Alaska announce to Miles, Takumi, and Chip in "eight days before"?
2. What "best day" stories are related from the characters during Alaska's game of Best Day/Worst Day in "two days before"?
3. How would you compare the narrative focus and tone of "Before" and "After" in Looking for Alaska?
4. What epiphany does Miles come to during his World Religions class in "fifty-one 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 is the main subject of Miles's focus in "four days before"? What are Chip and Alaska doing during this time?
7. What does Chip reveal when he returns in "four days after"? Where has Chip been?
8. How does the Eagle respond when he catches Miles smoking in "twenty-seven days after"? What do Miles and Chip do after the Eagle leaves?
9. What information does Chip reveal to Takumi in "twenty-eight days after"? How does Takumi respond?
10. Who knocks on Miles and Chip's dorm room door in the beginning of "the day after"? Where are they told to go?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character of Dr. Hyde and his World Religions class. What are the objectives that Dr. Hyde establishes for the students in the class? What religions are covered? How does the subject matter in this course relate to the overarching themes in Looking for Alaska?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the relationship of Chip and Sara in the novel. What facts have been established about Chip’s character from his first introduction? How do Chip’s actions in the novel help to define his character, behavior, and attitudes? How would you describe Chip’s relationship with Sara?
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