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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. What class does Holden tell Mr. Antolini about?

2. Who does Holden try to pick up as he leaves the Wicker Bar?

3. Where is Phoebe injured?

4. Where does Holden take Sally after the show?

5. What does Carl say Holden needs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Holden wish he could change his memory of Allie and the BB guns?

2. Why is Holden so upset when Phoebe tells him to shut up?

3. Why does Holden have so much respect for Mr. Antolini?

4. Why does Holden say he would volunteer to sit on an atomic bomb if there is another war?

5. Why is Phoebe angry when she realizes Holden got kicked out of Pencey?

6. Why does Holden feel bad about blowing smoke in the nuns' faces?

7. How has Carl changed when Holden meets him at the Wicker Bar?

8. Why does Holden call Sally when he is drunk?

9. Why does Holden put his suitcases under his bed at Elkton Hills?

10. Why did it bother Holden that the boys in his Oral Expression class yelled “Digression!” during speeches?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the importance of the red hunting hat. What does the red hunting had symbolize? Why is the hat important to Holden? Why does he give it to Phoebe?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Holden's relationship with Phoebe. Why does he have such a close relationship with his sister? How are the two alike? How are they different? What does this relationship reveal about Holden's character? How does it affect his actions in the novel?

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