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

2. Why does Franny love the married couple in the pilgrim's story in the book that she is reading?
(a) They spread the word of God.
(b) They love each other.
(c) They allow the servants to eat with them every night.
(d) They took good care of the pilgrim.

3. When Frannie and Lane get in the cab, Frannie feels what?
(a) Guilty that she has not missed him.
(b) So much love for Lane.
(c) Somewhat glad to see him.
(d) Nothing.

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

5. How has Bessie been handling the problem with Franny?
(a) She tells Franny to get up off of the couch.
(b) She has called a psychiatrist.
(c) She makes her chicken broth.
(d) She paints the apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years before had Buddy's letter been written?

2. What story does Buddy tell Zooey about the little girl in the market?

3. Why does Lane think Franny should not say bad things about her English department?

4. What was being taken out of the body of the lovely woman in the story told on the plane?

5. What was it about the Glass family that caused problems as Buddy saw it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Zooey is described as being beautiful. Why did Salinger create him that way?

2. Why has Franny left her acting troupe?

3. Franny calls Lane a "section man." What is a section man and what does she mean by it?

4. Salinger has Buddy begin the Zooey chapter of the book although Zooey himself will continue the story. Why might Salinger use the character of Buddy when he is not physically there when Franny has her breakdown?

5. Salinger describes the look on Bessie's face right before she leaves the bathroom for the first time that Zooey can not see. What does the look say about the depth of her character?

6. When Franny tells Lane that she believes she is going crazy, do you feel that she is serious?

7. Why does Zooey place the letter on the edge of the tub and play with it?

8. Why does Franny dislike Wally Campbell?

9. How does Bessie view Les as inept?

10. What kind of a character is Lane?

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