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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 think Mr. Spencer yelled at him as he shut the door?
(a) “Good-bye!”
(b) “Don't give up!”
(c) “Come back!”
(d) “Good luck!”

2. Who does Holden want to invite to go with Mal and him?
(a) D.B.
(b) Ackley.
(c) No one.
(d) Stradlater.

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

4. Who is the narrator of the novel?
(a) Allie.
(b) Ackley.
(c) Holden.
(d) D.B.

5. Who does Holden say was elected class president?
(a) Holden Caulfield.
(b) Ed Banky.
(c) Ernest Morrow.
(d) Harry Fencer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Allie die?

2. Where do Mal and Holden want to go?

3. What does Holden write the composition about?

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

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

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