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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Holden make while Ackley gets ready?
(a) A snowball.
(b) Coffee.
(c) A paper airplane.
(d) Tea.

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

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

6. What kind of dog relieved himself on Holden's parents' lawn?
(a) A dachshund.
(b) A greyhound.
(c) An afghan.
(d) A Doberman pinscher.

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

8. What does Holden tell the woman his name is?
(a) He doesn't give a name.
(b) Robert.
(c) Rudolph.
(d) Ernie.

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

10. Who does Holden tell the girls in the club he saw?
(a) Peter Lorre.
(b) Vivien Leigh.
(c) Gary Cooper.
(d) Clark Gable.

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

12. What does Holden do when Stradlater reacts to the composition he has written?
(a) He smokes a cigarette.
(b) He tears it up and throws it away.
(c) He leaves the room.
(d) He cries.

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

14. Who is the janitor's wife?
(a) Mrs. Spencer.
(b) Mrs. Banky.
(c) Mrs. Schmidt.
(d) Mrs. Brossard.

15. How far does Holden walk back to the hotel?
(a) The exact number is not given.
(b) 37 blocks.
(c) 12 blocks.
(d) 41 blocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Holden's cab driver's name?

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

3. How many fights does Holden claim he has been in?

4. What is the school Holden attends at the beginning of the novel?

5. What does Holden ask the cab driver about?

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