midnight
No two seemed to agree on the questions , but everybody copied them down and then rushed on to search for a _ bona fide _ copy . They hurried from dormitory to dormitory , constantly shouting the same question , `` Have you seen the exam ? '' There were men in every dormitory with a new list of questions , which were hastily scratched into note-books by the eager seekers . Until midnight the excitement raged ; then the campus quieted down as the freshmen began to study the long lists of questions . `` God ! '' said Carl as he scanned his list hopelessly , `` these damn questions cover everything in the course and some things that I know damn well were n't in it . What a lot of nuts we were .