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

2. What does Keating assign the juniors for homework over the weekend in Chapter 7?
(a) Essay and poem.
(b) Read 6 chapters in the text.
(c) Write a paper.
(d) Short story.

3. What is the year in Chapter 1?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1948.

4. What does the candle mean that is carried at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Light of knowledge.
(b) Freedom to learn.
(c) Light of learning.
(d) Academic excellence.

5. In Chapter 5, who wants a study group right after dinner?
(a) Meeks.
(b) Knox.
(c) Perry.
(d) Harrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Welton Academy established?

2. What is Mrs. Danburry's first name?

3. What do the boys hear and see as they gather when they get ready for the trek to the cave?

4. How old is Ginny Danburry?

5. What does Neil's father want him to do when he graduates from the Academy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Keating take the junior boys to the Honor Room on the first day of classes?

2. What is Latin class like the first day of school for the juniors?

3. What is chemistry class like the first day for the juniors?

4. Why does Keating say that one reads poetry?

5. How does the convocation proceed in Chapter 1?

6. How does Knox get to the Danburry's home?

7. What do Neil, Charlie, and Knox's parents want their sons to do for careers?

8. What do the boys begin to do in Chapter 7 as Pits reads?

9. Why has Todd transferred to Welton?

10. In Chapter 7, what does Keating when he pops his head back into the classroom?

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