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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 is the name of the girl that Keating is writing in Chapter 11?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Jessica.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Peggy.

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

3. How old are the girls that come with Charlie to the cave in Chapter 9?
(a) 20s.
(b) Late teens.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

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

5. What color hair does the director have who is directing the play at Henley Hall?
(a) Black.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Red.
(d) Gray.

Short Answer 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?

2. How does Neil say that he feels now that he is acting in the play?

3. In Chapter 10, what does Keating show on the slide projector while the boys take a pop quiz?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 8, when does the Dead Poets Society meet?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Neil describe acting?

2. How is Charlie punished for the article that he put in the school newspaper?

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

4. Why is Todd depressed in Chapter 9?

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

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

7. What is Charlie supposed to do so he won't be expelled for writing the article?

8. In Chapter 8, why does Neil carry a lampshade to the Dead Poets Society Meeting?

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

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

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