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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 the narrator see floating in the wind when he gets off the Chief's vehicle to walk home?
(a) A piece of red tissue paper.
(b) A red mask.
(c) A red hat.
(d) A red veil.

2. Who does Eloise call an "unattractive Bela Lugosi"?
(a) Dr. Whiting.
(b) Mr. Weyinburg.
(c) Uncle Wiggily.
(d) Frank Henke.

3. What does Seymour wear to the beach?
(a) A backpack filled with sheet music.
(b) A long pair of pants.
(c) A tightly closed robe.
(d) A baseball cap and sunglasses.

4. What does Seymour do when he sits down on the bed after grabbing the object out of the suitcase?
(a) He shoots himself in the leg.
(b) He shoots himself through the right temple.
(c) He shoots into the air to wake Muriel.
(d) He shoots Muriel through the right temple.

5. What does Seymour want to hunt for in the water with Sybil?
(a) A swordfish.
(b) A bananafish.
(c) A yellow fish.
(d) An angel fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is crying because she wants to be told she is a nice girl in the story, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut?

2. How many New York advertising men are staying at the same hotel as Muriel Glass?

3. Why does Ginnie need money before Monday?

4. Who cuts their finger in the story, Just Before the War with the Eskimos?

5. Who does The Laughing Man speak to in the forest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Muriel insist that Seymour isn't capable of harmful actions?

2. Why does Ginnie think Selena's brother looks goofy?

3. Why does Eloise so fondly remember Walt?

4. What does the floating red tissue represent in The Laughing Man?

5. What is Seymour hospitalized for?

6. What does the reader learn about Muriel's mother during the "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" story?

7. Why is the setting appropriate for the story, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut?

8. What is the issue with the book Seymour gives Muriel?

9. What indications does the reader have in the beginning of the story, Just Before the War with the Eskimos, that it is about a wealthy group of people?

10. Why aren't there any men 'seen' in the story, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut?

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