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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 game did Holden used to play with Stradlater's date?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Chess.
(c) Go.
(d) Backgammon.

2. What does Holden say he never saw Ackley use?
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) A bread knife.
(c) A napkin.
(d) Vitalis.

3. Why does Holden say he left Elkton Hills?
(a) He was failing every class except English.
(b) He was surrounded by phonies.
(c) There was no fencing team.
(d) Allie died and he needed to be with his family.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the novel?

2. Who is Ward Stradlater?

3. How does Holden entertain himself in the bathroom?

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

5. Who is D.B.?

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