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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the film about that Zooey made with Dick Hess?
(a) A drunk.
(b) A dancer.
(c) A farmer who moves to the city.
(d) A romance of a young man falling in love.

2. What does Franny fill the entire blackboard with?
(a) Mathematical equations.
(b) Information about Epictetus.
(c) Song lyrics.
(d) Love poems.

3. In the book Franny has been reading, who does the pilgrim find to help him learn about the prayer?
(a) A priest.
(b) A nun.
(c) A monk.
(d) A bishop.

4. What does Zooey tell Franny that he and Buddy did that she was unaware of?
(a) They went to chuch together.
(b) They went and spoke with Lane after first meeting him.
(c) They went to see her in summer stock.
(d) They went to the college to visit her.

5. Why does Zooey believe that the prayer will never work for Franny?
(a) She is too shallow.
(b) She doesn't believe in Jesus.
(c) She believes that even Jesus should be perfect.
(d) She doesn't follow through with things she chooses to do.

6. What does Franny worry about in her search for the prayer?
(a) That wanting it may not be enough to find it.
(b) That wanting it may make her crazy.
(c) That wanting it will separate her from those she loves.
(d) That wanting it makes her no different than those who want material things.

7. What does Zooey say that he and Franny are?
(a) Weirdos.
(b) Nerds.
(c) Psychos.
(d) Freaks.

8. In a discussion with Zooey, who does Bessie say that Franny should talk to?
(a) Franny's brother Buddy.
(b) Bishop Pinchot
(c) Franny's brother Waker, the priest.
(d) Franny's brother Seymour.

9. What does Zooey believe Franny is using the prayer for?
(a) To get better grades in school.
(b) To become a better actress.
(c) To cleanse her of her sins.
(d) To make the mean, bad people in her world go away.

10. How did Franny get herself to stop complaining about the falseness of people?
(a) She began taking medication.
(b) She yelled at herself out loud with a threat.
(c) She spoke to Seymour.
(d) She kicked herself.

11. Where is Zooey going to have lunch on the afternoon of his long bath?
(a) With Franny.
(b) At a friends.
(c) Downtown.
(d) On a film lot.

12. What is the third eye?
(a) God.
(b) Love.
(c) Healing.
(d) Evil.

13. Zooey says that when one first begins the prayer, one should do what, as told in the pilgrim's tale?
(a) Be under the supervision of a qualified teacher.
(b) Find a good church to go to.
(c) Keep saying the prayer.
(d) Find a monk.

14. Over the phone, Zooey suggests to Franny that she find her help where?
(a) By going to see Buddy.
(b) With Lane.
(c) In the Bible.
(d) In her own home.

15. What medical problem does Zooey have?
(a) A heart murmur.
(b) High blood pressure.
(c) Headaches.
(d) An ulcer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Zooey want to get married?

2. What comment does Zooey make about his fish in the tank?

3. What is on the back of Buddy's bedroom door?

4. Who does Franny first believe is on the phone after her conversation with Zooey is over?

5. How does Franny describe Zooey to Buddy on the phone?

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