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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 hotel does Holden go to when he first arrives in New York?
(a) Whooton Hotel.
(b) Plaza Hotel.
(c) Edmont Hotel.
(d) Elkton Hills Hotel.

2. Who is Robert Ackley?
(a) Holden's childhood friend.
(b) Holden's cousin.
(c) Holden's neighbor in the dorms.
(d) Holden's roommate.

3. What does Holden tell the woman his name is?
(a) Robert.
(b) Rudolph.
(c) He doesn't give a name.
(d) Ernie.

4. What does Holden decide to do after leaving Ackley's room?
(a) To go home early.
(b) To visit Jane Gallagher.
(c) To go outside and smoke.
(d) To apologize to Stradlater.

5. Who caused the disturbance in the chapel when Ossenburger was speaking?
(a) Holden.
(b) Marsalla.
(c) Stradlater.
(d) Ackley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Holden's cab driver's name?

2. Who is the narrator of the novel?

3. What did Holden help Jane improve?

4. Who is Mr. Spencer?

5. How does Holden know the person he runs into at Ernie's?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Allie's baseball mitt described?

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

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

4. Why does Holden like writing about Allie's baseball mitt?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Holden think of his siblings?

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