DeathTest.com--Introduction

	Before we get started with some Death Test fun, here's some background for those of you who have no idea what the Death Test is or why this sight even exists. We'll tell you a little bit about the purpose of this site, the history of the test, and what we expect you to know before using the site.
	So why, you ask, did we put together this site? Well, besides getting a grade for our fourth quarter project, we want to help all of you to pass the Death Test on your first try, and maybe even do well on it. We've been there before, and believe us, the stories about the test are true. But all rumors aside, what exactly is the Death Test? Well, that's going to take a little explaining.
	In an annual AP Chemistry sacrificial rite of passage, students of one Mr. Lawrence McAfoos are subjected to the hardest test that they will ever endure in high school. This test, which covers polyprotic acid titrations, hydrolysis, buffer solutions, and multiple solubility, and which lasts a full two periods, claims the pride and dignity of LM's finest seniors every year (although, on occasion, an overambitious, grade grubbing junior, such as the now infamous author of the Handler Maneuver, Nicholos Handler, aces the test on the first try through hours of diligent study and metaphysical training). The Death Test has claimed such a high failure rate (and we're talking about the 20% - 40% range) that Mr. McAfoos has diplomatically given every student unlimited attempts at the test as long their score improves each time. Every survivor of the Death Test will tell you that the test is doable but that the material is so complex that it might actually require the opening of that dust-collecting relic, the text book, which is a lot to ask of your average I-haven't-opened-my-bookbag-in-two-months senior. This sight provides all the information you need to pass the test. Unlike the text book, problems are included with solutions written in plain English (not that ancient sanskrit that they use in the book). We hope that this sight makes the ordeal of the Death Test a little easier for generations of AP Chem students to come.
	Before you dive in to the material presented here, it would be a good idea to make sure you know about equilibrium, acids and bases, and both pH and pOH. And remember, no matter how scary all this seems, it's only a test.