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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. For lunch, what does Franny order?
2. What does Bessie continuously do while talking to Zooey?
3. How has Bessie been handling the problem with Franny?
4. How would Seymour react if he knew Buddy was lecturing Zooey about acting and his education?
5. When Bessie leaves the bathroom, what does she tell Zooey to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Buddy writes of Seymour's suicide, he says that " I can't be running back and forth forever between grief and high delight." What anecdote does he use to explain this and what does Buddy mean by it?
2. Through Bessie's dialogue, the reader can infer why Buddy does not own a phone. Why is that?
3. Zooey lashes out at Bessie over Bessie's concern for Franny's lack of appetite. What is it that Zooey tells Bessie she is missing by worrying over food?
4. Why is the reader told that the restaurant is for intellectual types.
5. How does Bessie view Les as inept?
6. What is the idea behind the Jesus prayer as explained by Franny to Lane?
7. Why does Franny hesitate to tell Lane anything about the book she is carrying?
8. Why does Zooey place the letter on the edge of the tub and play with it?
9. Why has Franny left her acting troupe?
10. What kind of a character is Lane?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Bessie is a complex character. In a well-organized essay explain how she is such a character and how her character influences the decisions that her children have made. Use quotes and examples. Avoid plot summary.
Essay Topic 2
Salinger continually interrupts the plot with the idea of the apartment being painted. The painting of the apartment is a symbol. In a well-organized essay using examples from the novel, explain what the painting is a symbol of, how it is used and why it is used.
Essay Topic 3
What central question does the novel raises in reference to the book "The Way of the Pilgrim" and Franny's reading of it and to what extent does the novel offer answers. Explain how Salinger's treatment of this question affects your understanding of the work as a whole.
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