To My Dear Crammers First Quarterly Exam Tips:

1. There will be 20 multiple choice items and 1 essay item for the entire period. Now the multiple choice items seem easy, but they are actually trickier than the A/S/N items in the long test. So for a total of 90 minutes, I suggest that you spend at least two minutes per multiple choice item: consider each choice carefully and do not make hasty decisions. Each item is two points each.

2. The essay is not that easy either for the question is synthetic. Spend perhaps around 25 minutes organising your thoughts by means of an outline and then 15 minutes enfleshing your main items in the essay. Pay particular attention to your sentence construction: (1) eliminate any wordiness (2) make sure you justify every point that you make by means of (a) an explanation or (b) if needed, an example. Aside from the expected thoroughness of the essay, you will be graded according the clarity of your thought.

3. Spend the last 10 minutes reviewing your answers. You have been warned. The test is very tricky.

Bonne chance! Viel Glueck! (Good luck!) I will keep you all in my prayers.  ¶ 8:20 pm