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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 Holden say about money?

2. What war book did D.B. get Holden to read one summer?

3. Where does Holden want to go with Sally?

4. Who does Holden say he is at the apartment building to see?

5. Where does Holden tell Phoebe to meet him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Phoebe angry when she realizes Holden got kicked out of Pencey?

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

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

4. Why does Holden call Sally when he is drunk?

5. Why is Mr. Antolini worried about Holden?

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

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

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

9. Why does Holden want to move to the West and pretend to be a deaf-mute?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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