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

2. What does Lane want Franny to do with the paper he wrote for his class?
(a) Read it over.
(b) Rewrite it.
(c) Publish it.
(d) Burn it.

3. For lunch, what does Franny order?
(a) Frogs' legs.
(b) Another martini.
(c) Snails.
(d) A chicken sandwich and milk.

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

5. Where are the two meeting?
(a) A bus station.
(b) The airport.
(c) A train station.
(d) The subway station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why don't Franny and Lane have dessert?

2. What profession was Bessie in when she was younger?

3. What does Zooey say is his Achilles' heel?

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

5. What does Lane want to mainly talk about during the lunch with Frannie?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of a character is Lane?

3. Why does Franny dislike Wally Campbell?

4. When Buddy writes of Seymour's suicide, he says that " I can't be running back and forth forever between grief and high delight." What anecdote does he use to explain this and what does Buddy mean by it?

5. What are the main topics that Buddy writes to Zooey about?

6. When the reader first meets Franny, she seems flighty. How so?

7. 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?

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

9. How does the concept of the Glass children being on the radio show add to the depth of the story?

10. What themes are brought up by Buddy's letter?

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