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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. How old does Holden say he is when he is asked in the men's room?
(a) He refuses to answer.
(b) Eighty-six.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Twenty-two.

2. What is Mrs. Antolini's first name?
(a) Stephanie.
(b) Lillian.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) Meredith.

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

4. Who does Holden call at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) Jane Gallagher.
(b) Room service.
(c) The hotel manager.
(d) Sally Hayes.

5. What does Holden give Phoebe before he leaves?
(a) A note he wrote her.
(b) His hunting hat.
(c) His coat.
(d) A cigarette.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carl say Holden needs?

2. Where does Holden think his father will send him?

3. What play is Phoebe in at school?

4. How does Holden know the maid will not hear him?

5. Where does Holden go from his apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Holden almost wish his parents caught him sneaking out of the apartment?

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

3. Why is Phoebe angry when she realizes Holden got kicked out of Pencey?

4. Why is Holden so upset when Phoebe tells him to shut up?

5. Why does Holden wish he could change his memory of Allie and the BB guns?

6. Why does Holden want to move to the West and pretend to be a deaf-mute?

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

8. Why does Holden say he would volunteer to sit on an atomic bomb if there is another war?

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

10. Why does Holden decide that he should not feel sorry for girls who marry bores?

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