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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what occasion is Frannie visiting Lane?
(a) A Yale dance.
(b) Their aniversary dinner.
(c) The Yale Game.
(d) Lane's birthday.

2. Why does Franny keep apologizing at lunch with Lane?
(a) She leaves the table many times.
(b) She has hurt Lane's feelings.
(c) She is in a bad mood.
(d) She hates frog legs.

3. What becomes of Franny's sandwich?
(a) Franny eats it.
(b) It falls on the floor.
(c) The waiter takes it away uneaten.
(d) Lane eats it.

4. What does Franny say concerning her beliefs about whether the prayer works?
(a) She believes that many advanced religious persons say it is true.
(b) She believes without a doubt that it works.
(c) She thinks it will only work for true believers.
(d) She will say the prayer for as long as it takes to see if it is true.

5. What year is it when Zooey and Bessie are talking in the bathroom?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1975.

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

7. What does Bessie say about her children when the chips are down?
(a) They are not there to help.
(b) Everyone pitches in.
(c) Only Waker will help.
(d) Boo Boo and Buddy are the only ones who help.

8. What does Lane want to mainly talk about during the lunch with Frannie?
(a) Franny's book.
(b) Franny's father.
(c) A paper he wrote.
(d) Franny's lack of hunger.

9. Lane and Franny dine at Sickler's restaurant for what reason?
(a) They love the food.
(b) It is their favorite restaurant.
(c) It is the "in" place for college intellectuals.
(d) There was nowhere else to go.

10. What does Franny say that a person does not even need when they first start saying the prayer?
(a) An understanding of the prayer.
(b) An understanding of God.
(c) A priest.
(d) Faith.

11. What does Bessie wear while at home?
(a) A sari.
(b) A blue Japanese kimono.
(c) Jeans and a tee shirt.
(d) An old lady's housedress.

12. How does Lane react to the pilgrim story?
(a) He tells Franny to stop talking about it.
(b) He thinks it is stupid.
(c) He wants to begin praying immediately.
(d) He says that it is interesting.

13. What was being taken out of the body of the lovely woman in the story told on the plane?
(a) Pus.
(b) Her liver.
(c) Her heart.
(d) Blood.

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

15. Buddy tells Zooey that if Zooey performs beautifully on stage, Buddy do will do what?
(a) He and Seymour will rent tuxedos and hats and come to the stage.
(b) Buddy will watch every show Zooey performs in after that.
(c) Buddy will get Seymour to be an actor.
(d) Buddy will get him a bigger role.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Zooey when Seymour died?

2. What did Seymour tell Buddy was his "wooden leg"?

3. Why does Franny regret asking for Lane's olive?

4. How has Bessie been handling the problem with Franny?

5. How long passes before Buddy returns home after Seymour's funeral?

(see the answer keys)

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