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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. Who introduces the second part of the novel?
(a) Franny.
(b) Bessie.
(c) Zooey.
(d) Buddy.

2. What does Franny tell Lane about her theatre class?
(a) She was thrilled with the play.
(b) She was taking a short break from the play.
(c) She quit the play and the class.
(d) She thought the role was stupid.

3. As Franny tells Lane the story of the pilgrim, what does Lane do?
(a) He ignores her and eats his food.
(b) He listens wholeheartedly.
(c) He continuously interrupts her.
(d) He continues eating, yet he listens.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Franny go to the restroom?

3. What is Franny drinking at lunch with Lane?

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

5. When the reader first meets Zooey, what is Zooey doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Franny dislike Wally Campbell?

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

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

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

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

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. How does Franny feel as she tells Lane about the story of the pilgrim?

9. 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?

10. How does Bessie view Les as inept?

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