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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zooey say is his Achilles' heel?
(a) His looks.
(b) He is sensitive to beauty.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) Franny.

2. What does Franny tell Lane about the letter?
(a) She mailed it weeks before.
(b) She wished she had never written it.
(c) She was glad that she wrote it.
(d) That it was difficult to write.

3. How long is it before Franny and Lane arrive at the restaurant from the time they got in the cab?
(a) Two hours.
(b) About an hour later.
(c) Three hours.
(d) A half hour later.

4. Why does Lane think Franny should not say bad things about her English department?
(a) She doesn't know what she is talking about.
(b) Her English department has the best professors.
(c) He believes her school has the two best poets.
(d) Someone might overhear her.

5. What did Buddy find in Seymour's hotel room?
(a) A gun.
(b) A letter.
(c) Books.
(d) A haiku poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would Seymour react if he knew Buddy was lecturing Zooey about acting and his education?

2. What does Zooey say about Bessie's interpretation of religion?

3. What does Bessie wear while at home?

4. For lunch, what does Franny order?

5. What does Buddy believe would be Zooey's downfall as an actor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Franny hesitate to tell Lane anything about the book she is carrying?

2. What does Bessie's attire say about her character?

3. Why does Franny dislike Wally Campbell?

4. How does the concept of the Glass children being on the radio show add to the depth of the story?

5. What are the main topics that Buddy writes to Zooey about?

6. Why is Lane angry that he received an "A" on his paper?

7. Franny calls Lane a "section man." What is a section man and what does she mean by it?

8. How does Bessie view Les as inept?

9. What kind of a character is Lane?

10. Why does Salinger take the time to list the many items in the medicine cabinet?

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