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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 does Holden do when Stradlater reacts to the composition he has written?
(a) He cries.
(b) He smokes a cigarette.
(c) He tears it up and throws it away.
(d) He leaves the room.

2. What does Holden shout as he leaves the dorm?
(a) “Sleep tight, ya morons!”
(b) “Good luck, ya morons!”
(c) “See ya around, ya phonies!”
(d) “You're all phonies!”

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

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

5. Who does Maurice send up to Holden's room?
(a) Phoebe.
(b) Ackley.
(c) The manager.
(d) Sunny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Holden mistakenly borrow from the library?

2. What does Mr. Spencer offer Holden before he leaves?

3. How does Holden entertain himself in the bathroom?

4. What does Pencey Prep serve for dinner on Saturdays?

5. What did Holden help Jane improve?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do the girls say they have to leave the Lavender Room so abruptly? Why do they really leave?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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