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

2. Who made Jane cry when she and Holden were playing checkers?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her step-father.
(c) Holden.
(d) Holden's mother.

3. What does Stradlater do as he shaves at the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Sing.
(b) Whistle.
(c) Hum.
(d) Mumble to himself.

4. How does Holden know the person he runs into at Ernie's?
(a) Through a friend.
(b) Through D.B.
(c) Through Phoebe.
(d) From Pencey Prep.

5. Who is the first person Holden thinks to call at Penn Station?
(a) D.B.
(b) Phoebe.
(c) Sally Hayes.
(d) Jane Gallagher's mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose car did Stradlater use for his date?

3. How does Holden entertain himself in the bathroom?

4. Who is the narrator of the novel?

5. What does Holden reveal about himself in the first sentence of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Allie's baseball mitt described?

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

4. Why does Holden say he was glad to meet the Navy guy even though he is not?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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