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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Holden ask the cab driver about?
(a) A good restaurant.
(b) The ducks in Central Park.
(c) If he's read D.B.'s book of short stories.
(d) When the Museum of Art opens.

2. What is the school Holden attends at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Pencey Prep.
(b) Elkton Hills.
(c) Whooton School.
(d) Columbia.

3. What does Holden think Mr. Spencer yelled at him as he shut the door?
(a) “Good-bye!”
(b) “Come back!”
(c) “Good luck!”
(d) “Don't give up!”

4. What does Holden try to order at the club?
(a) Red wine.
(b) Coke.
(c) Scotch and soda.
(d) Water.

5. What is Holden's cab driver's name?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Horowitz.
(c) Michael.
(d) Ernie.

6. Who does Holden say was elected class president?
(a) Ed Banky.
(b) Holden Caulfield.
(c) Harry Fencer.
(d) Ernest Morrow.

7. What does Holden see a man do when he looks out his hotel window?
(a) Tap-dance naked.
(b) Put on women's clothes.
(c) Hang himself.
(d) Feed a woman grapes.

8. What does Stradlater do as he shaves at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Mumble to himself.
(b) Sing.
(c) Hum.
(d) Whistle.

9. Who is Ward Stradlater?
(a) Holden's neighbor.
(b) Holden's roommate.
(c) Holden's brother-in-law.
(d) A student in Holden's English class.

10. Who made Jane cry when she and Holden were playing checkers?
(a) Holden's mother.
(b) Holden.
(c) Her step-father.
(d) Her mother.

11. What does Holden say he had an operation on?
(a) His clavichord.
(b) His liver.
(c) His kidney.
(d) His elbow.

12. Why is Holden back early from the fencing match?
(a) He got lost and gave up.
(b) He quit the team.
(c) The team lost, so they did not need to stay any longer.
(d) He left the equipment on the subway.

13. Who does Holden run into at Ernie's?
(a) Jane Gallagher.
(b) Ward Stradlater.
(c) Lillian Simmons.
(d) Sally Hayes.

14. What happens to the woman as she gets out of a cab?
(a) She broke a nail.
(b) She tore her skirt.
(c) She stepped in a puddle.
(d) She broke a heel.

15. What does Holden do when Stradlater reacts to the composition he has written?
(a) He tears it up and throws it away.
(b) He smokes a cigarette.
(c) He cries.
(d) He leaves the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the elevator operator offer Holden?

2. Who is the woman Holden talks to on the ride to New York?

3. Why does Holden think Ernie is a phony?

4. Who is Stradlater's date?

5. Who is the narrator of the novel?

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