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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Holden say about Mrs. Antonlini’s cake?
(a) It is “as hard as a rock.”
(b) It “tastes like a flour sack.”
(c) It “needed a little longer in the oven.”
(d) It was “the best cake I ever had.”

2. What terrible thing happens as Holden gets to the park?
(a) He gets mugged.
(b) He vomits on his shoes.
(c) He breaks Phoebe's record.
(d) He runs into his father.

3. What does Holden imagine while he was at the bar?
(a) He had a bullet in his guts.
(b) He was deaf.
(c) He was a big-shot Hollywood screenwriter.
(d) He was waiting for his wife.

4. Where is the girl Carl is dating from?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Shanghai.

5. What class does Holden tell Mr. Antolini about?
(a) Western Civilizations.
(b) American Hinovel.
(c) Seventeenth-century Poetry.
(d) Oral Expression.

6. Who does Holden call at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) Jane Gallagher.
(b) Room service.
(c) The hotel manager.
(d) Sally Hayes.

7. Where does Holden say he has to go when he leaves Mr. Antolini’s house?
(a) To make a phone call.
(b) To meet a friend.
(c) Home.
(d) To get his bags.

8. Who does Holden say he is at the apartment building to see?
(a) The Spencers.
(b) The Morrows.
(c) Phoebe.
(d) The Dicksteins.

9. What show does Holden see to kill time?
(a) The Rockettes.
(b) The Lundts.
(c) The 39 Steps.
(d) He decides not to see a show at the last minute.

10. Where does Holden say he will be instead of where his father will send him?
(a) Colorado
(b) Military school.
(c) Elkton Hills.
(d) Whooton School.

11. How does Holden know the maid will not hear him?
(a) She only has one eardrum.
(b) She sleeps too deeply.
(c) Her room is at the back of the apartment.
(d) She is not a live-in maid.

12. What play is Phoebe in at school?
(a) “A Christmas Pageant for Americans.”
(b) “A Christmas Pageant.”
(c) “A Christmas for All Seasons.”
(d) “A Christmas Carol.”

13. Why does Holden want Carl to stay for one more drink?
(a) He says he is lonesome.
(b) He wants to finish his cigarette.
(c) He is expecting another friend to show up.
(d) He has more questions for Carl.

14. What makes Holden feel ill at Mr. Antolini's house?
(a) He needs a cigarette.
(b) He is still drunk.
(c) He is hungry.
(d) He has a headache.

15. Where does Holden want to go with Sally?
(a) Hollywood.
(b) Massachusetts and Vermont.
(c) Europe.
(d) Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Holden sleep after leaving Mr. Antolini's apartment?

2. Where does Holden get punched?

3. What time is Holden's date?

4. Who sings while Holden is at the Wicker Bar?

5. Where does Holden tell Phoebe to meet him?

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