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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. How much does Holden give Sunny?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) Ten dollars.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Fifteen dollars.

2. Why is Holden back early from the fencing match?
(a) He left the equipment on the subway.
(b) He got lost and gave up.
(c) The team lost, so they did not need to stay any longer.
(d) He quit the team.

3. What does Holden trip on as he goes into Ackley's room?
(a) A chair.
(b) A shoe.
(c) Something unidentified on the floor.
(d) A shower curtain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holden tell Ackley the fight with Stradlater was about?

2. What does Holden do when Stradlater reacts to the composition he has written?

3. What did Holden help Jane improve?

4. Why does Holden think Ernie is a phony?

5. Who does Holden want to invite to go with Mal and him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Stradlater criticize Holden's composition about Allie's baseball mitt?

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

5. How is Allie's baseball mitt described?

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

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

8. Why does Holden like that Jane puts her hand on the back of his neck?

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

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

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