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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Zooey say Bessie should invite to join them in the bathroom?
(a) The girls from the school across the street.
(b) The painters.
(c) Franny.
(d) Les.

3. What made Buddy want to write to Zooey?
(a) Bessie's letter.
(b) Two young girls.
(c) The death of their brother.
(d) Franny's breakdown.

4. In diagnosing herself, Franny claims that her problem involves all of the below answers EXCEPT which one?
(a) She is physically ill.
(b) She hates herself.
(c) She is going insane.
(d) She is an egomaniac.

5. What grade did Lane get on his paper?
(a) A "B."
(b) An "F."
(c) An "A."
(d) A "C."

6. What does Lane tell Franny right before she excuses herself from the lunch table a second time?
(a) He tells her he loves her.
(b) She looks pale.
(c) She should stop obsessing over the prayer.
(d) She should eat.

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

8. Why is Bessie so upset with Buddy?
(a) Buddy lives far away.
(b) Buddy never comes home.
(c) Buddy won't help Franny.
(d) Buddy refuses to have a phone.

9. How does Lane feel about the grade he received on his paper?
(a) It makes him angry.
(b) He wanted a better grade.
(c) He is happy with it.
(d) He is unimpressed.

10. At the end of the letter, Buddy tells Zooey to do what?
(a) Come to the country for a visit.
(b) Turn off the private phone.
(c) Be good to Bessie.
(d) "Act with all of your might."

11. The pilgrim in the book that Franny has been reading is searching for what?
(a) A better life.
(b) God.
(c) A way to pray incessantly.
(d) Heaven.

12. What does Franny want to eat that upsets Bessie so much?
(a) A cheeseburger.
(b) Soup.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Grilled cheese.

13. When the reader first meets Zooey, what is Zooey doing?
(a) Rehearsing his lines.
(b) Reading a letter while bathing.
(c) Speaking with his mother.
(d) Reading a script.

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

15. What became of Seymour?
(a) He committed suicide.
(b) He died in an accident.
(c) He became a two-bit actor.
(d) He married and had children.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bessie leaves the bathroom, what does she tell Zooey to do?

2. What does Franny tell Lane happens to a person who repeats God's name incessantly?

3. What should poets leave behind according to Franny?

4. How does Lane react to what happens to Franny at the end of the chapter entitled Franny?

5. What does Buddy apologize in the letter for doing to Zooey and Franny?

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