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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Holden say he had an operation on?
(a) His liver.
(b) His elbow.
(c) His kidney.
(d) His clavichord.

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

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

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

7. What does Holden shout as he leaves the dorm?
(a) “You're all phonies!”
(b) “Sleep tight, ya morons!”
(c) “Good luck, ya morons!”
(d) “See ya around, ya phonies!”

8. What is Holden's cab driver's name?
(a) Ernie.
(b) Horowitz.
(c) Michael.
(d) Maurice.

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

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

11. What does Holden decide to do after leaving Ackley's room?
(a) To go outside and smoke.
(b) To visit Jane Gallagher.
(c) To apologize to Stradlater.
(d) To go home early.

12. How does Holden entertain himself in the bathroom?
(a) By clogging the sink drains.
(b) By flushing the toilets.
(c) By kicking the stall doors.
(d) By tap-dancing.

13. Who is Stradlater's date?
(a) Sunny.
(b) Jane.
(c) Jean.
(d) Sally.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Holden call from his hotel room?

2. Who is the woman Holden talks to on the ride to New York?

3. Why does Holden say he left Elkton Hills?

4. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?

5. What does Holden reveal about himself in the first sentence of Chapter 3?

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