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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. Where is Phoebe when Holden arrives?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In D.B.'s room.
(c) In Holden's room.
(d) In the living room.

2. Where does Holden go instead of looking for Phoebe?
(a) Grand Central Station.
(b) The park.
(c) The museum.
(d) The Biltmore.

3. What does Holden see outside at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) Snow falling.
(b) The “perverts.”
(c) The sun coming up.
(d) Maurice and Sunny talking.

4. What does Holden say happens if you tell anyone anything?
(a) You start missing everybody.
(b) They never listen.
(c) You turn into a phony.
(d) They use it against you.

5. Who does Holden give ten dollars to at breakfast?
(a) A homeless man.
(b) The waiter.
(c) Two nuns.
(d) The maitre'd.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Sally arrive to meet Holden?

2. What does Holden do when he arrives at the hotel?

3. Where does Holden say he will be instead of where his father will send him?

4. Who did D.B. bring when he visited?

5. What does Carl order at the Wicker Bar?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Holden regret telling his novel?

2. Why is Holden so emotional when he sees Phoebe on the carousel?

3. Why does Holden scold Phoebe for putting ink on Curtis Weintraub's windbreaker?

4. Why is Holden drawn to the boy singing as he walks down the street?

5. What does it reveal about Holden when he finally tells Phoebe what he likes?

6. Why does Holden feel better when he is looking around D.B.'s room?

7. Why does Holden feel bad about blowing smoke in the nuns' faces?

8. Why does Holden like the kettledrum player in the orchestra?

9. Why does Holden put his suitcases under his bed at Elkton Hills?

10. Why does Holden imagine he was shot by Maurice?

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