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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who caused the disturbance in the chapel when Ossenburger was speaking?
(a) Stradlater.
(b) Marsalla.
(c) Ackley.
(d) Holden.

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

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

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

5. What does Holden write the composition about?
(a) His red hunting cap.
(b) Stradlater's razor.
(c) His dorm room.
(d) Allie's baseball glove.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holden make while Ackley gets ready?

2. What does Holden see a man do when he looks out his hotel window?

3. What did Holden help Jane improve?

4. What game did Holden used to play with Stradlater's date?

5. What does Holden try to order at the club?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Holden feel bad about not telling Mrs. Morrow his real name?

2. Why is Holden so upset when he discusses Stradlater's date?

3. Why does Ackley get on Holden's nerves?

4. How does Holden wish he had handled his missing gloves as opposed to how he would likely have handled it?

5. Why does Holden think Jane cried when her stepfather asked about his cigarettes?

6. Why does Holden shout to the boys in his dorm as he leaves?

7. Why does Holden refer to D.B.'s writing in Hollywood as prostitution?

8. Why does Holden decide not to have sex with Sunny? What does he tell her?

9. Why does Holden stay at Ernie's even though “jerks and phonies” surround him?

10. What five people does Holden think of calling when he arrives at Penn Station?

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