View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the woman as she gets out of a cab?

2. What does Stradlater do while Holden talks to him about his date?

3. Who caused the disturbance in the chapel when Ossenburger was speaking?

4. What is the school Holden attends at the beginning of the novel?

5. How much does Holden give Sunny?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Allie's baseball mitt described?

3. Why does Stradlater criticize Holden's composition about Allie's baseball mitt?

4. How does Holden wish he had handled his missing gloves as opposed to how he would likely have handled it?

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

6. Compare and contrast Ackley and Stradlater, according to Holden's descriptions.

7. Why is Holden so upset when he discusses Stradlater's date?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the theme of innocence in The Catcher in the Rye. How does the author address the theme? How does the theme affect the events in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Holden's relationships with adults in The Catcher of the Rye. What adults does he respect? Why does he respect them? What adults does he not respect? Why does he not respect them?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the point of view of The Catcher in the Rye. How is the point of view identified? How does the point of view affect the novel? Why does the author use this point of view to tell the novel?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 627 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample