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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Mal and Holden want to go?

2. What book did Holden mistakenly borrow from the library?

3. What does Holden do when Stradlater reacts to the composition he has written?

4. What operation does Holden tell the woman he has to have?

5. What does Holden try to order at the club?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Stradlater criticize Holden's composition about Allie's baseball mitt?

3. Why does Mrs. Morrow think her son is not a good mixer with other boys?

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

5. Why does Ackley grunt a response when Stradlater says hello to him?

6. Why does Holden shout to the boys in his dorm as he leaves?

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

8. Why does Holden keep watching the “perverts” he sees out his hotel window?

9. Why does Ackley get on Holden's nerves?

10. How is Allie's baseball mitt described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define foreshadowing. Give at least two examples of foreshadowing in The Catcher in the Rye. Is the foreshadowing used in the novel effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the significance of the phrase “catcher in the rye.” What does this phrase mean to Holden? What does it mean to the reader? What does this phrase mean to the overall novel?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the importance of the red hunting hat. What does the red hunting had symbolize? Why is the hat important to Holden? Why does he give it to Phoebe?

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