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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 Frannie asks Lane if he received her letter, he responds by saying what?
(a) "Which letter?"
(b) "Yes, I am glad your dad's X-rays were good."
(c) "The one that had such scattered thoughts?"
(d) "Yes, I got it Wednesday."

2. What was Lane's paper about?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Freud.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Flaubert.

3. How many years before had Buddy's letter been written?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

4. How old was Franny when Seymour died?
(a) Eight.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Five.

5. 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 find a wife.
(b) For Zooey to move out of the house.
(c) For Zooey to continue to be an actor.
(d) For Zooey to get his PhD.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what tone does Zooey talk to his mother?

4. What does Franny want to eat that upsets Bessie so much?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What might the reason be for Franny breaking down in the bathroom instead of with the boy she claims to love.

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

3. Right from the start, Franny and Lane do not seem to be a couple who are dedicated to each other or their relationship. How is this shown though characterization in the opening pages leading to the point where Franny excuses herself to the ladies' room?

4. Why is the reader told that the restaurant is for intellectual types.

5. What kind of a character is Lane?

6. While in the bathroom, how does Zooey treat Bessie?

7. Why does Salinger take the time to list the many items in the medicine cabinet?

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

9. Why has Franny left her acting troupe?

10. Zooey lashes out at Bessie over Bessie's concern for Franny's lack of appetite. What is it that Zooey tells Bessie she is missing by worrying over food?

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