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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Holden tell Ackley the fight with Stradlater was about?
(a) The English composition.
(b) Jane Gallagher.
(c) The fencing match.
(d) Ackley.

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

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

4. How is Holden involved with the school's fencing team?
(a) He is the captain.
(b) His father is the coach, so he helps.
(c) He is the manager.
(d) He is an alternate on the team.

5. What does Holden try to order at the club?
(a) Red wine.
(b) Scotch and soda.
(c) Water.
(d) Coke.

6. What does Stradlater do while Holden talks to him about his date?
(a) Rewrite his composition.
(b) Cut his toenails.
(c) Smoke a cigarette.
(d) Squeeze a pimple on his chin.

7. Who is the first person Holden thinks to call at Penn Station?
(a) Sally Hayes.
(b) D.B.
(c) Jane Gallagher's mother.
(d) Phoebe.

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

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

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

11. What is the name of the club in Holden's hotel?
(a) The Music Room.
(b) The Lavender Room.
(c) The Edmont Lounge.
(d) The Scarlet Room.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holden trip on as he goes into Ackley's room?

2. What does Holden see a man do when he looks out his hotel window?

3. What does Holden ask the cab driver about?

4. Who made Jane cry when she and Holden were playing checkers?

5. What does Holden write the composition about?

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