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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 time does Sally arrive to meet Holden?
(a) Two-thirty.
(b) Ten after two.
(c) Two o' clock.
(d) One-fifteen.

2. Who goes into the men's room while Holden is there?
(a) The bartender.
(b) A barfly.
(c) Carl.
(d) The piano player.

3. What does Holden imagine while he was at the bar?
(a) He was a big-shot Hollywood screenwriter.
(b) He had a bullet in his guts.
(c) He was waiting for his wife.
(d) He was deaf.

4. Where does Holden say he has to go when he leaves Mr. Antolini’s house?
(a) Home.
(b) To meet a friend.
(c) To make a phone call.
(d) To get his bags.

5. What does Holden think will happen to him when he crosses streets?
(a) He will be arrested by a policeman.
(b) He will get hit by a bus.
(c) He will disappear.
(d) He will pass out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holden tell Sally in the cab?

2. What does Holden eat at the beginning of the chapter?

3. Where does Holden tell Phoebe to meet him?

4. Who does Holden try to pick up as he leaves the Wicker Bar?

5. What wakes Holden?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Holden imagine he was shot by Maurice?

2. Why does Holden feel bad about blowing smoke in the nuns' faces?

3. Why does Holden have so much respect for Mr. Antolini?

4. Why does Holden regret telling his novel?

5. Why does Holden end the novel where he does?

6. Why does it make Holden sad when Phoebe asks why he got kicked out of Pencey?

7. Why does Holden want to be the “catcher in the rye?”

8. Why does Holden put his suitcases under his bed at Elkton Hills?

9. Why is Holden so emotional when he sees Phoebe on the carousel?

10. Why does Holden start to cry when he is saying goodbye to Phoebe?

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