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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Holden's cab smell like?
(a) Cigarette smoke.
(b) Pretzels.
(c) Vomit.
(d) Feet.

3. What happens to the woman as she gets out of a cab?
(a) She broke a heel.
(b) She tore her skirt.
(c) She stepped in a puddle.
(d) She broke a nail.

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

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

6. Who made Jane cry when she and Holden were playing checkers?
(a) Holden.
(b) Her step-father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Holden's mother.

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

8. Who does Maurice send up to Holden's room?
(a) Phoebe.
(b) Ackley.
(c) Sunny.
(d) The manager.

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

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

11. What does Holden see a man do when he looks out his hotel window?
(a) Feed a woman grapes.
(b) Tap-dance naked.
(c) Hang himself.
(d) Put on women's clothes.

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

13. Who does Holden say is the only “dumb” child in his family?
(a) Allie.
(b) Himself.
(c) Phoebe.
(d) D.B.

14. What does Marty call Buddy's clarinet?
(a) An oboe.
(b) That jazz reed.
(c) A licorice stick.
(d) A horn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Holden entertain himself in the bathroom?

2. Who does Holden run into at Ernie's?

3. What kind of hat does Holden wear?

4. What is the name of the club in Holden's hotel?

5. Who is the narrator of the novel?

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