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

2. How did Allie die?
(a) Allie's cause of death is not revealed.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He died of leukemia.
(d) He was killed in a car accident.

3. What game does Holden want to play with Ackley?
(a) Chess.
(b) Canasta.
(c) Cribbage.
(d) Checkers.

4. Who is Stradlater's date?
(a) Jean.
(b) Jane.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Sally.

5. Who is the woman Holden talks to on the ride to New York?
(a) The headmaster's wife.
(b) Ackley's aunt.
(c) Ernest Morrow's mother.
(d) Stradlater's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the janitor's wife?

2. Who does Holden want to invite to go with Mal and him?

3. How is Holden involved with the school's fencing team?

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

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

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