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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) The fencing match.
(b) Ackley.
(c) Jane Gallagher.
(d) The English composition.

2. What does Holden reveal about himself in the first sentence of Chapter 3?
(a) He will miss Mr. Spencer.
(b) He is a terrific liar.
(c) He is scared of his father.
(d) He hates phonies.

3. Whose car did Stradlater use for his date?
(a) The headmaster's.
(b) His own.
(c) The fencing coach's.
(d) The basketball coach's.

4. Who does Holden call from his hotel room?
(a) Phoebe.
(b) Sally Hayes.
(c) Jane Gallagher.
(d) Faith Cavendish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the woman as she gets out of a cab?

2. Where do Mal and Holden want to go?

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

4. What operation does Holden tell the woman he has to have?

5. Who is the first person Holden thinks to call at Penn Station?

(see the answer key)

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