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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who is the janitor's wife?
(a) Mrs. Spencer.
(b) Mrs. Brossard.
(c) Mrs. Schmidt.
(d) Mrs. Banky.

3. Who is Mr. Spencer?
(a) An elderly man Holden helps take care of.
(b) The dean of students at Pencey Prep.
(c) Holden's hinovel teacher.
(d) Holden's grandfather.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Holden write the composition about?

3. Who is Robert Ackley?

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

5. What does Holden think Mr. Spencer yelled at him as he shut the door?

(see the answer key)

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