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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What game did Holden used to play with Stradlater's date?
(a) Go.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Chess.
(d) Checkers.

3. Where does Holden decide to go at the end of the chapter?
(a) Back to Pencey Prep.
(b) Home.
(c) Ernie's.
(d) Back to the Lavender Room.

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

5. Why does Holden think Ernie is a phony?
(a) He has sold himself out.
(b) He is a big snob.
(c) He is a bad piano player.
(d) He hates people.

6. What illness does Mr. Spencer have?
(a) It is not known.
(b) Leukemia.
(c) Grippe.
(d) A cold.

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

8. How does Holden get to New York?
(a) By cab.
(b) By train.
(c) He walks.
(d) By ferry.

9. What hotel does Holden go to when he first arrives in New York?
(a) Plaza Hotel.
(b) Elkton Hills Hotel.
(c) Edmont Hotel.
(d) Whooton Hotel.

10. What does Holden write the composition about?
(a) Stradlater's razor.
(b) His red hunting cap.
(c) Allie's baseball glove.
(d) His dorm room.

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

12. What does Holden trip on as he goes into Ackley's room?
(a) A shower curtain.
(b) A shoe.
(c) A chair.
(d) Something unidentified on the floor.

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

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

15. What is Holden doing when Stradlater returns?
(a) Making a snowball.
(b) Writing the composition.
(c) He doesn't remember.
(d) Packing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holden make while Ackley gets ready?

2. What does Holden ask the cab driver about?

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

4. Who is the narrator of the novel?

5. What does Holden shout as he leaves the dorm?

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