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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Bessie so upset with her husband?
(a) He doesn't want Franny to see a psychiatrist.
(b) He is never home.
(c) He won't clean the living room for the painters.
(d) He never faces anything unpleasant.

3. What feature of Bessie's is compared to a deposed Balkan queen's?
(a) Her fingers.
(b) Her legs.
(c) Her feet.
(d) Her eyes.

4. What does Les want to give Franny to make things better for her?
(a) Money.
(b) A tangerine.
(c) Counseling.
(d) A pet.

5. How does Bessie describe the title of Zooey's manuscript?
(a) Ridiculous.
(b) Silly.
(c) As unusual.
(d) Marvelous.

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

7. When Franny tells Lane that he is "talking like a section man," what does she mean by the term "section man"?
(a) A person who takes over a class when the professor is gone.
(b) A know it all.
(c) A teacher's assistant.
(d) A teacher's pet.

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

9. What should poets leave behind according to Franny?
(a) Many poems.
(b) Something beautiful.
(c) Sonnets.
(d) Poetry books.

10. What does Franny tell Lane is the reason why she can't lend him the pilgrim book that she has been reading?
(a) It is overdue.
(b) She had stolen it.
(c) It is Zooey's.
(d) It is not hers to lend.

11. What does Buddy believe would be Zooey's downfall as an actor?
(a) He is no good at it.
(b) He would be too demanding.
(c) He can't memorize lines.
(d) Nothing, he believes Zooey will be great.

12. 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) Faith.
(d) A priest.

13. What is the name of the television show that the Glass children acted in?
(a) "Wise Ones."
(b) "Precocious Children."
(c) "It's A Wise Child."
(d) "Questions for Wise Children."

14. In the letter that Buddy writes, he suggests a future for Zooey that his mother also wants for Zooey. What is the suggestion?
(a) For Zooey to get his PhD.
(b) For Zooey to find a wife.
(c) For Zooey to continue to be an actor.
(d) For Zooey to move out of the house.

15. How old was Zooey when Seymour died?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Franny tells Lane the story of the pilgrim, what does Lane do?

2. How is Zooey related to Franny?

3. At the end of the letter, Buddy tells Zooey to do what?

4. What does Bessie continuously do while talking to Zooey?

5. What happened to Bessie's truly lighthearted son, Walt?

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