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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Holden comfort Jane when she cried during the checkers game?
(a) By leaving the room.
(b) By kissing her.
(c) By making her laugh.
(d) By taking her to a movie.

2. What does the elevator operator offer Holden?
(a) A cheaper place to stay.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A stolen watch.
(d) A prostitute.

3. Who does Holden want to invite to go with Mal and him?
(a) Ackley.
(b) D.B.
(c) Stradlater.
(d) No one.

4. Where does Holden decide to go at the end of the chapter?
(a) Home.
(b) Back to the Lavender Room.
(c) Ernie's.
(d) Back to Pencey Prep.

5. What is the name of the club in Holden's hotel?
(a) The Music Room.
(b) The Scarlet Room.
(c) The Lavender Room.
(d) The Edmont Lounge.

6. Who caused the disturbance in the chapel when Ossenburger was speaking?
(a) Holden.
(b) Stradlater.
(c) Ackley.
(d) Marsalla.

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

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

9. What does Holden shout as he leaves the dorm?
(a) “See ya around, ya phonies!”
(b) “You're all phonies!”
(c) “Good luck, ya morons!”
(d) “Sleep tight, ya morons!”

10. Who does Holden decide to call?
(a) No one.
(b) Phoebe.
(c) Sally Hayes.
(d) Carl Luce.

11. What essay does Mr. Spencer read to Holden?
(a) Mr. Spencer has Holden read the essay.
(b) Holden's essay on the Egyptians.
(c) Stradlater's essay that Holden wrote.
(d) An essay about New York.

12. What does Holden's cab smell like?
(a) Feet.
(b) Pretzels.
(c) Cigarette smoke.
(d) Vomit.

13. How does Holden get to New York?
(a) By cab.
(b) He walks.
(c) By train.
(d) By ferry.

14. What book did Holden mistakenly borrow from the library?
(a) As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner.
(b) Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.
(c) Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen.
(d) Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham.

15. What does Holden tell Ackley the fight with Stradlater was about?
(a) Jane Gallagher.
(b) Ackley.
(c) The English composition.
(d) The fencing match.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Holden call from his hotel room?

2. What is the name of the book of short stories written by D.B.?

3. Who does Holden say was elected class president?

4. Who made Jane cry when she and Holden were playing checkers?

5. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?

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