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

2. In Chapter 9, how many boys does Keating select to walk around?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. Who does Knox find himself seated next to at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Chris and Chet.
(b) Ginny and her boyfriend.
(c) Bubba and Patsy.
(d) Steve and Angel.

4. In Chapter 10 after Charlie's punishment, what does Keating write on the board in big, bold letters?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Work.
(d) College.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If Neil could get the parts in a lots of plays, how many lives does he think he could live?

2. What sound interrupts Nolan during an assembly in Chapter 10?

3. What does Charlie tell everyone to call him in Chapter 9?

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

5. Where did Charlie find the girls he brings to the cave in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Chris glad when Knox calls her in Chapter 8?

2. Why does Chet beat Knox in Chapter 10?

3. What did Todd's dad call him when he was growing up and why?

4. Why does Nolan speak with Keating in Chapter 10?

5. Why does a meeting of the Dead Poets Society end abruptly in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

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

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

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