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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What essay does Mr. Spencer read to Holden?
(a) An essay about New York.
(b) Holden's essay on the Egyptians.
(c) Mr. Spencer has Holden read the essay.
(d) Stradlater's essay that Holden wrote.

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

3. What does Mr. Spencer offer Holden before he leaves?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Hot tea.
(d) Hot chocolate.

4. How does Holden entertain himself in the bathroom?
(a) By clogging the sink drains.
(b) By flushing the toilets.
(c) By kicking the stall doors.
(d) By tap-dancing.

5. What illness does Mr. Spencer have?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Grippe.
(c) It is not known.
(d) A cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the school Holden attends at the beginning of the novel?

2. Why does Holden say he left Elkton Hills?

3. Why is Holden back early from the fencing match?

4. What does Stradlater do as he shaves at the beginning of the chapter?

5. What favor does Stradlater ask of Holden?

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