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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 name is written inside Phoebe's arithmetic book?

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

3. What is a “flit?”

4. What does Holden accidentally do to two nuns?

5. Where does Holden pinch Phoebe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Carl suggest Holden see a psychoanalyst?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the point of view of The Catcher in the Rye. How is the point of view identified? How does the point of view affect the novel? Why does the author use this point of view to tell the novel?

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 Holden's concern for the ducks in the lagoon. What is his concern? Why is he concerned? How does Holden address his concern? What does this concern reveal about his character?

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