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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Who does Holden want to invite to go with Mal and him?
(a) Stradlater.
(b) D.B.
(c) No one.
(d) Ackley.

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

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

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

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

8. What does the elevator operator offer Holden?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A stolen watch.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) A cheaper place to stay.

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

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

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

12. Whose car did Stradlater use for his date?
(a) His own.
(b) The headmaster's.
(c) The basketball coach's.
(d) The fencing coach's.

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

14. What operation does Holden tell the woman he has to have?
(a) He has to have a kidney transplant.
(b) He does not give any details about the operation.
(c) He is having his appendix out.
(d) He has to have a brain tumor removed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is D.B.?

2. How does Holden get to New York?

3. Where does Holden decide to go at the end of the chapter?

4. Who comes to Holden's mind as he leaves the club?

5. Who is the first person Holden thinks to call at Penn Station?

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