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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what does Keating show on the slide projector while the boys take a pop quiz?
(a) Puppies.
(b) Beautiful women.
(c) Kittens.
(d) Beautiful scenery.

2. In Chapter 9, what are Cameron and three other students doing while Charlie is punished?
(a) Listening.
(b) Finishing an experiment.
(c) Sketching moose heads.
(d) Reading.

3. What instrument lessons did Charlie's parents make him take?
(a) Trombone.
(b) Harp.
(c) Clarinet.
(d) Piano.

4. What do Charlie and Gloria do in Chapter 10 after the other boys leave them alone?
(a) Read poetry.
(b) Talk.
(c) Draw on the cave wall.
(d) Make out.

5. How old is the director of the play at Henley Hall?
(a) 29.
(b) 35.
(c) 40s.
(d) 50s.

6. In Chapter 11, what does Knox bring Chris at the high school?
(a) Wilted flowers and a poem.
(b) A book.
(c) A poem.
(d) A poem and candy.

7. Where do the girls Charlie brings to the cave in Chapter 9 go to school?
(a) Chet's high school.
(b) Henley Hall.
(c) They don't.
(d) Phillips High School.

8. At the end of Chapter 9, who has Knox been drinking with?
(a) Bubba and Steve.
(b) Chris and Chet.
(c) Ginny and her friend.
(d) Bill and Danny.

9. Which of the boys is confused in Chapter 11 when Charlie asks them to go out of the cave and show Tina something?
(a) Cameron.
(b) Todd.
(c) Meeks.
(d) Neil.

10. In Chapter 11, when do the other boys leave the cave?
(a) When the curfew bell rings.
(b) 1 a.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dawn.

11. What did Todd's father call him when Todd was younger?
(a) Nineteen twelve.
(b) Five ninety-eight.
(c) Squirt.
(d) Trouble.

12. What sound interrupts Nolan during an assembly in Chapter 10?
(a) Train.
(b) Airplane.
(c) Telephone ringing.
(d) Dog barking.

13. In Chapter 8, why does Neil leave the Dead Poets Society meeting before the other boys?
(a) To study.
(b) To go to the play tryouts.
(c) To work on the school paper.
(d) To do detention.

14. How does Neil say that he feels now that he is acting in the play?
(a) Invigorated.
(b) Happy.
(c) Alive.
(d) Exuberant.

15. What excuse does Charlie give for Neil not being at soccer practice in Chapter 8?
(a) Sick.
(b) Sprained his ankle.
(c) Dentist appointment.
(d) Detention.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, who does Charlie say is making a call to Nolan?

2. In Chapter 10, what does Charlie want the boys to show Tina?

3. Who hands Charlie a briefcase before an assembly in the Chapel in Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 11, what grades is Neil getting?

5. How is Charlie punished for putting his article in the school paper?

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