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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the pilgrim first begins saying the prayer, what is he using?
(a) His heart and his lips.
(b) His heart.
(c) His mind.
(d) His lips only.

2. How long passes before Buddy returns home after Seymour's funeral?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Five years.

3. What does Buddy believe would be Zooey's downfall as an actor?
(a) He can't memorize lines.
(b) He would be too demanding.
(c) Nothing, he believes Zooey will be great.
(d) He is no good at it.

4. Why does Franny regret asking for Lane's olive?
(a) He hates when she takes his food from him.
(b) It made Lane angry that she interrupted him.
(c) The olives make her ill.
(d) She does not like olives.

5. In what tone does Zooey talk to his mother?
(a) Warm and loving.
(b) Humorously.
(c) Sarcastic and demeaning.
(d) Bitter.

6. How would Seymour react if he knew Buddy was lecturing Zooey about acting and his education?
(a) Seymour would be angry.
(b) Seymour would be smiling.
(c) Seymour would not care.
(d) Seymour would be frightened.

7. What profession was Bessie in when she was younger?
(a) She was in radio.
(b) She was a dancer in the theater.
(c) She was a teacher.
(d) She was a singer.

8. What time of year is it?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

9. What was being taken out of the body of the lovely woman in the story told on the plane?
(a) Blood.
(b) Her liver.
(c) Her heart.
(d) Pus.

10. Where are the two meeting?
(a) The airport.
(b) A bus station.
(c) A train station.
(d) The subway station.

11. In the letter that Buddy writes, he suggests a future for Zooey that his mother also wants for Zooey. What is the suggestion?
(a) For Zooey to move out of the house.
(b) For Zooey to get his PhD.
(c) For Zooey to find a wife.
(d) For Zooey to continue to be an actor.

12. How many years before had Buddy's letter been written?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) One.
(d) Ten.

13. What story does Buddy tell Zooey about the little girl in the market?
(a) She was an orphan.
(b) She wanted to buy fish.
(c) She gave Buddy her lollipop.
(d) She had boyfriends named Bobby and Dorothy.

14. How is Zooey related to Franny?
(a) He is her older sibling.
(b) He is her father.
(c) He is her ex-boyfriend.
(d) He is her younger sibling.

15. Who introduces the second part of the novel?
(a) Bessie.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Franny.
(d) Zooey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zooey say about Bessie's interpretation of religion?

2. What should poets leave behind according to Franny?

3. How does Lane feel about the grade he received on his paper?

4. What feature of Bessie's is compared to a deposed Balkan queen's?

5. Why doesn't Buddy go home after Seymour's funeral?

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