The Catcher in the Rye Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 110 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Catcher in the Rye Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 110 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How far does Holden walk back to the hotel?
(a) 12 blocks.
(b) The exact number is not given.
(c) 37 blocks.
(d) 41 blocks.

2. What does Marty call Buddy's clarinet?
(a) A horn.
(b) A licorice stick.
(c) That jazz reed.
(d) An oboe.

3. Who made Jane cry when she and Holden were playing checkers?
(a) Holden's mother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her step-father.
(d) Holden.

4. What does Holden tell Ackley the fight with Stradlater was about?
(a) Jane Gallagher.
(b) The English composition.
(c) The fencing match.
(d) Ackley.

5. Who does Holden tell the girls in the club he saw?
(a) Peter Lorre.
(b) Gary Cooper.
(c) Clark Gable.
(d) Vivien Leigh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness does Mr. Spencer have?

2. Where do Mal and Holden want to go?

3. Who is the janitor's wife?

4. What religion does Ackley follow?

5. What operation does Holden tell the woman he has to have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Holden ask Ackley about joining a monastery?

2. Why does Holden feel sad when he shakes Mr. Spencer's hand to say goodbye?

3. What five people does Holden think of calling when he arrives at Penn Station?

4. Why does Holden feel bad about not telling Mrs. Morrow his real name?

5. Why does Ackley get on Holden's nerves?

6. Why does Holden shout to the boys in his dorm as he leaves?

7. Why do the girls say they have to leave the Lavender Room so abruptly? Why do they really leave?

8. Why does Holden keep watching the “perverts” he sees out his hotel window?

9. Why does Mr. Spencer read Holden's essay on the Egyptians to him?

10. What does Holden think of his siblings?

(see the answer keys)

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