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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 does Holden reveal about himself in the first sentence of Chapter 3?
(a) He hates phonies.
(b) He is a terrific liar.
(c) He will miss Mr. Spencer.
(d) He is scared of his father.

2. What game does Holden want to play with Ackley?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Chess.
(c) Cribbage.
(d) Canasta.

3. Who caused the disturbance in the chapel when Ossenburger was speaking?
(a) Holden.
(b) Stradlater.
(c) Ackley.
(d) Marsalla.

4. Who is the first person Holden thinks to call at Penn Station?
(a) Sally Hayes.
(b) Phoebe.
(c) Jane Gallagher's mother.
(d) D.B.

5. What kind of dog relieved himself on Holden's parents' lawn?
(a) A dachshund.
(b) A Doberman pinscher.
(c) An afghan.
(d) A greyhound.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Holden tell the woman his name is?

3. What does Holden write the composition about?

4. How did Holden comfort Jane when she cried during the checkers game?

5. How much does Holden give Sunny?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Holden decide not to have sex with Sunny? What does he tell her?

2. Why does Holden stay at Ernie's even though “jerks and phonies” surround him?

3. Why does Ackley grunt a response when Stradlater says hello to him?

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

5. What does Holden think of his siblings?

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

7. Why does Holden say he was glad to meet the Navy guy even though he is not?

8. Why does Holden get nervous when he talks to Stradlater in the bathroom?

9. Why does Holden like that Jane puts her hand on the back of his neck?

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

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