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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. What does Carl say Holden needs?

2. What does Phoebe eat for dinner?

3. What do Holden and Phoebe do when he goes back to D.B.'s room?

4. Where does Holden hide when he hears his parents come home?

5. What does Holden get for breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Holden react the way he does when he wakes up to Mr. Antolini patting his head?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Holden start to cry when he is saying goodbye to Phoebe?

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

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 Holden's relationships with adults in The Catcher of the Rye. What adults does he respect? Why does he respect them? What adults does he not respect? Why does he not respect them?

Essay Topic 3

Identify and define the elements of a story arc. Identify the major plot points in The Catcher in the Rye that coordinate with those elements.

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