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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 game did Holden used to play with Stradlater's date?
(a) Backgammon.
(b) Chess.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Go.

2. Who is the janitor's wife?
(a) Mrs. Brossard.
(b) Mrs. Schmidt.
(c) Mrs. Banky.
(d) Mrs. Spencer.

3. What is the school Holden attends at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Whooton School.
(b) Pencey Prep.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Elkton Hills.

4. What is the name of the club in Holden's hotel?
(a) The Edmont Lounge.
(b) The Scarlet Room.
(c) The Lavender Room.
(d) The Music Room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Holden doing when Stradlater returns?

2. Who is Stradlater's date?

3. What religion does Ackley follow?

4. How many fights does Holden claim he has been in?

5. Why does Holden say he left Elkton Hills?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Compare and contrast Ackley and Stradlater, according to Holden's descriptions.

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

7. Why does Holden get nervous when he talks to Stradlater in the bathroom?

8. How is Allie's baseball mitt described?

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

10. Why does Holden feel sad when he shakes Mr. Spencer's hand to say goodbye?

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