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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. What does Waker say of the way Zooey handled the loss of Seymour?
(a) He seemed indifferent.
(b) He was the only one who was bitter.
(c) He refused to attend the funeral.
(d) He cried for a long time.

2. What should poets leave behind according to Franny?
(a) Poetry books.
(b) Many poems.
(c) Sonnets.
(d) Something beautiful.

3. In the book that Franny is reading, after the pilgrim learns what he is seeking, what does he do next?
(a) He builds a church.
(b) He dies and goes to heaven.
(c) He travels all over Russia.
(d) He converts everyone in his home town.

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

5. What does Franny tell Lane is the reason why she can't lend him the pilgrim book that she has been reading?
(a) It is overdue.
(b) She had stolen it.
(c) It is Zooey's.
(d) It is not hers to lend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Franny drinking at lunch with Lane?

2. What grade did Lane get on his paper?

3. What did Buddy find in Seymour's hotel room?

4. What does Franny wish was underneath her chair?

5. How long passes before Buddy returns home after Seymour's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lane speaks of two poets who teach at Franny's school that he wishes were at his school. Franny says that they are not real poets. What does she mean?

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

3. How does Bessie view Les as inept?

4. Why did Buddy and Seymour decide to conduct metaphysical seminars with their younger siblings?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. What is the idea behind the Jesus prayer as explained by Franny to Lane?

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

9. How do Zooey and Buddy handle the suicide of Seymour?

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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