Academic · Question 97 of 100

What “Been suspended or expelled from school?” means

Item 97 on the 100-question Rice Purity Test reads “Been suspended or expelled from school?”. Here is what the wording covers, where readers reasonably disagree about it, and exactly how much it moves your score.

Guidance written and reviewed 2026-07-26

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What the question is asking

Item 97 asks whether you have been suspended or expelled from school. It covers both outcomes in one box even though they differ enormously in seriousness, which is a compression the checklist uses in several places.

Where people disagree about what counts

Very short suspensions — an afternoon out of class, a single day — sit at the edge, and the item does not set a minimum. Whether being sent home from a single lesson counts is read as no by most takers, who require a formal suspension.

The test is self-scored and nobody else ever sees your answer, so the only thing that matters is applying one reading consistently across the whole checklist.

How item 97 fits with the items around it

Item 97 sits between failing a class at 96 and academic dishonesty at 98 and 99. It is the only academic item that records an institution's decision rather than something you did or did not do in your work.

Item 96, before this one Failed a class? Item 98, after this one Cheated on a test or homework assignment?

How it affects the score

Every question has the same one-point effect. Checking item 97 subtracts one point from the starting score of 100. Leaving it unchecked subtracts nothing, and no item on the checklist is weighted more heavily than any other.

Final score = 100 − total checked boxes

The final number never identifies this answer or any other individual answer — it is a count, so it discards which items were selected the moment it is calculated. Read the full scoring guide or look up an exact result on the 0–100 score chart.

Questions about item 97

Does a one-day suspension count?

Most takers count any formal suspension. Being sent out of a single lesson is generally read as not enough.

Are suspension and expulsion counted separately?

No, they share one box. The checklist compresses two very different outcomes into a single point.

Does university disciplinary action count?

The item says school, but most takers extend it to any educational institution.

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