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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 injured?
(a) Her knee.
(b) Her elbow.
(c) Her chin.
(d) Her cheek.

2. Where does Holden decide to go at the end of the chapter?
(a) Home.
(b) Another hotel.
(c) Grand Central Station.
(d) Jane's house.

3. Where does Holden hide when he hears his parents come home?
(a) Under the bed.
(b) The closet.
(c) Behind the door.
(d) Under the desk.

4. What does Holden say about his spirituality?
(a) “I'm a pretty devout Jew, if you want to know the truth.”
(b) “I'm sort of an atheist.”
(c) “I'm sort of a Christian.”
(d) “I wish I was Catholic.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Holden want to go with Sally?

2. What does Carl order at the Wicker Bar?

3. What does Phoebe eat for dinner?

4. Where is the second place Holden intends to look for Phoebe?

5. Who killed himself at Elkton Hills?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does it make Holden sad when Phoebe asks why he got kicked out of Pencey?

2. How has Carl changed when Holden meets him at the Wicker Bar?

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

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

5. Why does Holden want to be the “catcher in the rye?”

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

7. Why does Holden have so much respect for Mr. Antolini?

8. Why does Holden think his sister not coming to his funeral would be the only good thing about him dying of pneumonia?

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

10. Why does Holden second-guess his reaction to Mr. Antolini patting his head?

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