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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was it about the Glass family that caused problems as Buddy saw it?
(a) The age differences.
(b) Crazy parents.
(c) The radio show.
(d) Too much education.

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

3. What does Zooey do after Bessie leaves the bathroom?
(a) He reads his manuscript.
(b) He throws the washcloth.
(c) He gets out of the tub.
(d) He stares at the closed door.

4. What does Franny tell Lane about her theatre class?
(a) She quit the play and the class.
(b) She was taking a short break from the play.
(c) She was thrilled with the play.
(d) She thought the role was stupid.

5. What does Buddy apologize in the letter for doing to Zooey and Franny?
(a) Buddy and Seymour teased them incessantly.
(b) Buddy and Seymour neglected them because the boys were so much older.
(c) Buddy and Seymour force them to read Shakespeare and Homer.
(d) Buddy and Seymour filled their heads with metaphysical information.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the letter, Buddy tells Zooey to do what?

2. How old was Franny when Seymour died?

3. What is happening to Franny's forehead while she is having lunch with Lane?

4. How many years before had Buddy's letter been written?

5. As Franny tells Lane the story of the pilgrim, what does Lane do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Zooey place the letter on the edge of the tub and play with it?

2. How does Franny feel as she tells Lane about the story of the pilgrim?

3. Through Bessie's dialogue, the reader can infer why Buddy does not own a phone. Why is that?

4. Salinger describes the look on Bessie's face right before she leaves the bathroom for the first time that Zooey can not see. What does the look say about the depth of her character?

5. What are the main topics that Buddy writes to Zooey about?

6. Why did Buddy and Seymour decide to conduct metaphysical seminars with their younger siblings?

7. What does Bessie's attire say about her character?

8. What kind of a character is Lane?

9. When the reader first meets Franny, she seems flighty. How so?

10. While in the bathroom, how does Zooey treat Bessie?

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