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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 player did Holden always like best in the orchestra?

2. What does Holden imagine while he was at the bar?

3. Where does Mr. Antolini make up a bed for Holden?

4. Where is the second place Holden intends to look for Phoebe?

5. Who does Holden call when he was drunk?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Holden wish he could change his memory of Allie and the BB guns?

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 is Holden upset by seeing vulgarities written on the walls of the museum and school?

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

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

10. Why does Holden regret telling his novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of Holden's creativity on his character. What does he say about film, music, and literature? What does he think of each? Why? How does Holden's creativity affect his character?

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

Explain the theme of innocence in The Catcher in the Rye. How does the author address the theme? How does the theme affect the events in the novel?

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