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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Holden tell Ackley the fight with Stradlater was about?
(a) Jane Gallagher.
(b) Ackley.
(c) The fencing match.
(d) The English composition.

2. What is the school Holden attends at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Elkton Hills.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Pencey Prep.
(d) Whooton School.

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

4. What does Stradlater do while Holden talks to him about his date?
(a) Rewrite his composition.
(b) Squeeze a pimple on his chin.
(c) Smoke a cigarette.
(d) Cut his toenails.

5. Who is D.B.?
(a) Holden's brother.
(b) Ackley's brother.
(c) The narrator of the novel.
(d) This is not revealed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pencey Prep serve for dinner on Saturdays?

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

3. Where do Mal and Holden want to go?

4. Who is the woman Holden talks to on the ride to New York?

5. What book did Holden mistakenly borrow from the library?

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