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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. After Zooey upsets Franny, what is she trying to get him to do?
(a) Feed her.
(b) Feed the fish.
(c) Shut up.
(d) Leave the room.

2. Why does Franny believe that Professor Tupper detests her?
(a) She only attends class occasionally.
(b) She does not agree with his religious beliefs.
(c) She told him he has no enthusiasm.
(d) She never smiles at him when he is being charming.

3. Zooey feels less frightened about Franny's need to say the prayer because she did what when she first started?
(a) She went to see Buddy.
(b) She came home.
(c) She called her mother.
(d) She made plans to go to Russia.

4. What religious action does Zooey say Franny is missing in her own home?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Sharing the Bible.
(c) Drinking chicken soup.
(d) Praying.

5. Who is Zooey afraid Franny's crusade will hurt?
(a) Franny's college friends.
(b) Franny.
(c) A wonderful college professor of Zooey's.
(d) Buddy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Franny get herself to stop complaining about the falseness of people?

2. How does Zooey think about Lane?

3. What medical problem does Zooey have?

4. What problem do the Glasses have with conversation?

5. What does Zooey do in Buddy's room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you interpret Franny's dream?

2. Describe the Glass's living room.

3. How does the phone call redeem Zooey?

4. Why is Zooey so upset that Dick came to town and wanted Zooey to go out for drinks with him?

5. Has Franny resolved her inner conflict by the end of the story?

6. What does Zooey explain to Franny that he does to other people that drives Zooey crazy?

7. What issue does Bessie have over the way Zooey feels about Lane?

8. What theme of the novel is suggested by the quotations on the door of Buddy and Seymour's bedroom?

9. Zooey is conflicted over his brothers. When his mother continuously mentions Buddy and Seymour, Zooey finally loses his temper. How does Zooey show the darkest side of himself?

10. What does the setting of the Glasses' living room say about the character of Bessie?

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