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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Welton school paper?

2. In Chapter 9, what does Knox drink at the Danburry party?

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

4. Where do Charlie, Knox, Pitts, Todd, and Cameron go while Neil talks with Keating in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 10, what happens to Charlie immediately after his prank with the phone in the assembly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Todd depressed in Chapter 9?

5. How does Keating run soccer practice in Chapter 8?

6. Why does Dean Nolan call an assembly in Chapter 10?

7. How does Neil describe acting?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Charlie writes an article for the school paper. What are Nolan and Keating's reactions to the article and why?

Essay Topic 2

Knox cannot get over his infatuation with Chris. What does Knox do and why because of this infatuation?

Essay Topic 3

Neil ends his life. What causes Neil to commit suicide?

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