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

2. What does Neil bring to the cave in Chapter 8?
(a) Dictionary.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Candy bars.
(d) Small painted statue.

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

4. What did Nolan used to teach at Welton?
(a) Science.
(b) Latin.
(c) English.
(d) Trigonometry.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what do the boys do before they start the Dead Poets Society meeting?
(a) Sweep the cave.
(b) Have a snack.
(c) Carve their names in the walls of the cave.
(d) Build a fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What music is playing at the Danburry house at the end of Chapter 9?

2. How old are the girls that come with Charlie to the cave in Chapter 9?

3. Who told Neil's father that Neil was acting in a play?

4. What part does Ginny Danburry have in the play?

5. In Chapter 9, how many boys does Keating select to walk around?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Charlie and Gloria do in Chapter 10 after the other boys leave?

2. How does Neil feel after a rehearsal of the play in Chapter 9?

3. Why does Chet beat Knox in Chapter 10?

4. Why doesn't McAllister think the boys will turn out to be conformists?

5. What advice does Keating give Neil about his father's demand that he quit acting?

6. What does Keating say to Charlie about writing the article?

7. What does Charlie name the cave and what does that mean for the future?

8. In Chapter 8, what do the boys do while they wait for Todd to join them in the cave?

9. What does Neil's father say when Neil tells him the performance is the next night?

10. How is the weather described at the beginning of Chapter 11?

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