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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who serves at the Judge that has the right to overturn the Jury's verdict at the boarding school, according to the narrator in “ninety-eight days before”?
(a) Mrs. Forrester.
(b) The Eagle.
(c) Dr. Hyde.
(d) The Colonel.

2. Where is Takumi from?
(a) Thailand.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Japan.
(d) Korea.

3. What sentence is handed down by the Jury to Alaska and Chip in “ninety-eight days before”?
(a) 10 work hours.
(b) Suspension.
(c) Expulsion.
(d) 20 work hours.

4. What is described in “eighty-seven days before” as Birmingham's richest suburb?
(a) Homewood.
(b) Vestavia Hills.
(c) Mountain Brook.
(d) Hoover.

5. What is the name of Chip's girlfriend in the novel?
(a) Lara.
(b) Sara.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Alaska.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the student in Miles's biology class that participated in throwing him in the lake?

2. What is Chip's last name?

3. How many fifty-minute class periods do the students have per school day at the boarding school?

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

5. Who is the starting center for Culver Creek's basketball team?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the value in using a first-person narrative style in Looking for Alaska? Who is the narrator?

2. How and why does Miles become injured during the "triple-date" that Alaska has arranged in "eighty-seven days before"?

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

4. What "hazing" incident takes place in "one hundred twenty-seven days before"? What does the hazing consist of?

5. What is Alaska's response when Miles asks her how she got the name "Alaska" in "one hundred days before"?

6. What do Miles, Alaska, Takumi, and Chip do at their hideout in "one hundred ten days before"?

7. What does Chip reveal to Miles about his girlfriend after their fight in "one hundred twenty-two days before"?

8. What does Miles realize about his previous encounter with the Jury in "sixty-seven days before"?

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

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

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