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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. How old was Zooey when Seymour died?
(a) Five.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eighteen.
2. What does Franny want to eat that upsets Bessie so much?
(a) Soup.
(b) Grilled cheese.
(c) A cheeseburger.
(d) Pudding.
3. What became of Seymour?
(a) He died in an accident.
(b) He committed suicide.
(c) He became a two-bit actor.
(d) He married and had children.
4. Lane and Franny dine at Sickler's restaurant for what reason?
(a) It is their favorite restaurant.
(b) There was nowhere else to go.
(c) They love the food.
(d) It is the "in" place for college intellectuals.
5. Lane tells Franny that it has been a month since they last did what?
(a) Slept together.
(b) Visited their families.
(c) Danced.
(d) Drank together.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Franny wish was underneath her chair?
2. How does Lane react to the pilgrim story?
3. What is happening to Franny's forehead while she is having lunch with Lane?
4. What does Franny tell Lane is the reason why she can't lend him the pilgrim book that she has been reading?
5. What does Les want to give Franny to make things better for her?
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. How does Bessie view Les as inept?
3. 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?
4. Why has Franny left her acting troupe?
5. What themes are brought up by Buddy's letter?
6. 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?
7. 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?
8. Why does Zooey place the letter on the edge of the tub and play with it?
9. Why did Buddy and Seymour decide to conduct metaphysical seminars with their younger siblings?
10. Why does Salinger take the time to list the many items in the medicine cabinet?
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