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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 reveal about himself in the first sentence of Chapter 3?
(a) He is scared of his father.
(b) He is a terrific liar.
(c) He will miss Mr. Spencer.
(d) He hates phonies.

2. What game does Holden want to play with Ackley?
(a) Cribbage.
(b) Canasta.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Chess.

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

4. Who does Holden say is the only “dumb” child in his family?
(a) Allie.
(b) D.B.
(c) Himself.
(d) Phoebe.

5. What does Holden say he had an operation on?
(a) His liver.
(b) His elbow.
(c) His clavichord.
(d) His kidney.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the janitor's wife?

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

3. How is Holden involved with the school's fencing team?

4. Who is the narrator of the novel?

5. How much does Holden give Sunny?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Holden feel bad about not telling Mrs. Morrow his real name?

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

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

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