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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of hat does Holden wear?
(a) Allie's baseball cap.
(b) A ski mask.
(c) A hunting hat.
(d) A fedora.

3. What game does Holden want to play with Ackley?
(a) Chess.
(b) Cribbage.
(c) Canasta.
(d) Checkers.

4. How much does Holden give Sunny?
(a) Fifteen dollars.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

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

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

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

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

9. What does Holden say he never saw Ackley use?
(a) Vitalis.
(b) A bread knife.
(c) A napkin.
(d) A handkerchief.

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

11. Who comes to Holden's mind as he leaves the club?
(a) Allie.
(b) Phoebe.
(c) Jane.
(d) Mr. Spencer.

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

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

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

15. What is the school Holden attends at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Whooton School.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Pencey Prep.
(d) Elkton Hills.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Holden comfort Jane when she cried during the checkers game?

2. Why does Holden think Ernie is a phony?

3. What kind of dog relieved himself on Holden's parents' lawn?

4. Who caused the disturbance in the chapel when Ossenburger was speaking?

5. What does Marty call Buddy's clarinet?

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