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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 name of the "preeminent scholar of deviant sexuality in adolescents" that Chip and the others have concocted for their prank in "eighty-four days after"?

2. Where does Lara tell the Eagle she is driving to visit a friend in “three days before”?

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

4. What does the police officer say Alaska's "BAL" registered when they tested her in "thirteen days after"?

5. What is the name of Miles's father's secretary that picks up when he calls in "eighty-four days after"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where do Miles and his friends go to discuss their plans for the pre-prank in "three days before"? How do they get past the Eagle?

3. What realizations does Miles make after he discovers Alaska's doodle on the wall by the phone in "sixty-two days after"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the genre of Looking for Alaska and the tone established in “one hundred thirty-six days before." How are “genre” and “tone” defined? Which of the following words would you use to describe the tone of this chapter: formal, informal, intimate, solemn, somber, playful, serious, ironic, or condescending? What factors contribute to this tone?

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

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?

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