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

2. What religion does Ackley follow?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Quaker.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Methodist.

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

4. Who does Holden call from his hotel room?
(a) Faith Cavendish.
(b) Jane Gallagher.
(c) Phoebe.
(d) Sally Hayes.

5. Who does Holden decide to call?
(a) No one.
(b) Sally Hayes.
(c) Phoebe.
(d) Carl Luce.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made Jane cry when she and Holden were playing checkers?

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

3. What does Holden trip on as he goes into Ackley's room?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Morrow think her son is not a good mixer with other boys?

2. Why does Ackley grunt a response when Stradlater says hello to him?

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

4. Why does Holden like writing about Allie's baseball mitt?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Holden get nervous when he talks to Stradlater in the bathroom?

10. What two reasons does Holden give for not talking about his early childhood?

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