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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Holden shout as he leaves the dorm?
(a) “Sleep tight, ya morons!”
(b) “See ya around, ya phonies!”
(c) “Good luck, ya morons!”
(d) “You're all phonies!”

2. What does Holden tell the woman his name is?
(a) He doesn't give a name.
(b) Ernie.
(c) Rudolph.
(d) Robert.

3. On what floor is Holden's family apartment?
(a) The top.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 23.

4. Why is Holden back early from the fencing match?
(a) He got lost and gave up.
(b) The team lost, so they did not need to stay any longer.
(c) He left the equipment on the subway.
(d) He quit the team.

5. What does Holden ask the cab driver about?
(a) A good place to eat breakfast.
(b) The Museum of Art.
(c) The ducks in the lagoon.
(d) If he'd read D.B.'s book.

6. Who is Ward Stradlater?
(a) Holden's neighbor.
(b) Holden's brother-in-law.
(c) A student in Holden's English class.
(d) Holden's roommate.

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

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

9. What religion does Ackley follow?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Quaker.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Catholic.

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

11. What favor does Stradlater ask of Holden?
(a) To finish his Calculus assignment.
(b) To read his hinovel assignment.
(c) To press his shirt.
(d) To write his English composition.

12. Who caused the disturbance in the chapel when Ossenburger was speaking?
(a) Marsalla.
(b) Stradlater.
(c) Holden.
(d) Ackley.

13. Where do Mal and Holden want to go?
(a) Agerstown.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) New York.
(d) The quad.

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

15. What did Holden help Jane improve?
(a) Her golf game.
(b) Her dancing.
(c) Her English grade.
(d) Her social skills.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Holden make while Ackley gets ready?

3. What does Holden tell Ackley the fight with Stradlater was about?

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

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

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