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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 Seymour do to Sybil right before they get out of the water?
(a) He splashes her.
(b) He kisses one of her feet.
(c) He drops her into the water.
(d) He shows her the fish he is looking for.

2. How does Eloise and Mary Jane become friends?
(a) They work together.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are sisters.
(d) They are college roommates.

3. The poetry book that Seymour gives as a gift is written in what language?
(a) English.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) German.

4. Why is Mary Jane's husband sent to jail?
(a) He stabs an M.P..
(b) He leaves the army without permission.
(c) He steals money.
(d) He steals a car.

5. When Seymour returns to the room, what does he take out of the suitcase?
(a) A dry bathing suit.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A towel.
(d) A poetry book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Eric?

2. Where does Mary Jane get the cameo brooch she is wearing?

3. Who kidnaps The Laughing Man?

4. Who pays the Chief?

5. Eloise thinks that if you are going to be a nun, you should at least______?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the reader know the setting takes place shortly after the end of World War II?

2. What happens to the Laughing Man?

3. What makes the reader think that perhaps Eric is not allowed into the military because he is homosexual?

4. What happens with Seymour and the trees?

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

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

7. Why does Eloise so fondly remember Walt?

8. Who is the Chief?

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. What clues is the reader given that Franklin is bitter about Joan?

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