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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 many fights does Holden claim he has been in?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Too many to count.
(d) One.

2. What illness does Mr. Spencer have?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) A cold.
(c) It is not known.
(d) Grippe.

3. Why does Holden say he left Elkton Hills?
(a) There was no fencing team.
(b) Allie died and he needed to be with his family.
(c) He was failing every class except English.
(d) He was surrounded by phonies.

4. What does Mr. Spencer offer Holden before he leaves?
(a) Hot tea.
(b) Hot chocolate.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Coffee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holden's cab smell like?

2. What does Holden decide to do after leaving Ackley's room?

3. What does Stradlater do as he shaves at the beginning of the chapter?

4. Who does Holden say is the only “dumb” child in his family?

5. How did Holden comfort Jane when she cried during the checkers game?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Holden think of his siblings?

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

3. Why does Holden keep watching the “perverts” he sees out his hotel window?

4. Why does Holden ask Ackley about joining a monastery?

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

6. Why does Mr. Spencer read Holden's essay on the Egyptians to him?

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

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

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

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

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