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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Holden think Ernie is a phony?
(a) He is a big snob.
(b) He hates people.
(c) He has sold himself out.
(d) He is a bad piano player.

2. Who does Holden decide to call?
(a) Phoebe.
(b) Sally Hayes.
(c) No one.
(d) Carl Luce.

3. What does Holden ask the cab driver about?
(a) A good restaurant.
(b) The ducks in Central Park.
(c) If he's read D.B.'s book of short stories.
(d) When the Museum of Art opens.

4. What does Holden see a man do when he looks out his hotel window?
(a) Feed a woman grapes.
(b) Hang himself.
(c) Put on women's clothes.
(d) Tap-dance naked.

5. What book did Holden mistakenly borrow from the library?
(a) As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner.
(b) Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham.
(c) Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.
(d) Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Holden know the person he runs into at Ernie's?

2. What is Holden doing when Stradlater returns?

3. How many fights does Holden claim he has been in?

4. What does Stradlater do while Holden talks to him about his date?

5. What does Holden reveal about himself in the first sentence of Chapter 3?

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