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

2. What does Holden do when he arrives at the hotel?
(a) Get a room.
(b) Watch girls.
(c) Smoke a cigarette.
(d) Call Jane.

3. How does Phoebe know Holden got kicked out of school?
(a) He is home early.
(b) D.B. told her.
(c) Holden told her.
(d) Their mother told her.

4. Where does Holden initially look for Phoebe?
(a) Rockefeller Center.
(b) At the park.
(c) School.
(d) At the museum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holden do when as he leaves the hotel?

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

3. Where is the girl Carl is dating from?

4. Where does Holden take Phoebe?

5. Who does Holden call from his apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mr. Antolini worried about Holden?

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

3. Why did it bother Holden that the boys in his Oral Expression class yelled “Digression!” during speeches?

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

5. What does Holden thinking he will disappear as he crosses the street symbolize, and why does he call out to Allie for help?

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

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

8. Why does Holden end the novel where he does?

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

10. Why is Holden confused when Sally tells him to stop yelling?

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