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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is Neil Perry supposed to work on the school annual?
(a) This year.
(b) Second semester.
(c) First semester.
(d) Next year.

2. How many students graduated last year from Welton Academy?
(a) 64.
(b) 51.
(c) 49.
(d) 78.

3. In Chapter 3, what subject does Charlie want to study in his room?
(a) Trigonometry.
(b) Latin.
(c) Physics.
(d) Calculus.

4. What poem is Pitts instructed to read in Chapter 4?
(a) "Rhymes of Childhood."
(b) "Lyrics and Idyls."
(c) "To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time."
(d) "At Sundown."

5. Who is Welton's oldest living graduate?
(a) Alexander Carmichael, Jr.
(b) David Roberts, Jr.
(c) Benjamin Morris Thomas, Jr.
(d) Peter Wyatt Farmington, Jr.

6. In Chapter 4, how many problems do the juniors have to do for chemistry from Chapter 1?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

7. When did W. E. Henley live?
(a) 1864-1912.
(b) 1849-1903.
(c) 1802-1888.
(d) 1839-1904.

8. What subject did Neil Perry have to take in summer school?
(a) Physics.
(b) Advanced Biology.
(c) Calculus.
(d) Chemistry.

9. Who conducts the first meeting of the Welton Chapter of the Dead Poets Society?
(a) Neil.
(b) Todd.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Knox.

10. What subject does Dr. Hager teach the juniors?
(a) Trigonometry.
(b) Analytic Geometry.
(c) Physics.
(d) Calculus.

11. How many of last year's graduates from Welton Academy went on to Ivy League schools?
(a) 84 percent.
(b) 55 percent.
(c) 75 percent.
(d) 91 percent.

12. When did Welton's oldest living graduate graduate from the Academy?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1886.

13. What do the boys hear and see as they gather when they get ready for the trek to the cave?
(a) Stray dog.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Owl.
(d) School hunting-dog.

14. Why does Keating say that language was invented?
(a) To woo women.
(b) To communicate.
(c) To write.
(d) To laugh.

15. In Chapter 5 after lunch, what class do the juniors have?
(a) Latin.
(b) French.
(c) Physical education.
(d) Calculus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what poet does Keating quote?

2. How old is Todd Anderson?

3. Where does Ginny Danburry go to school?

4. How many students go up and down the stairway in the Academy Honor Room at one time?

5. What type of home do the Danburrys live in?

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