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1
Where is Holden as he narrates the story?
He is at his parents’ house in New York
He is in the school library.
He is on a plane flying to Europe
He is at a rest home in California.
2
Who is Holden Caulfield?
He is an up and coming movie writer in Hollywood.
He is a writer for a New York magazine
sixteen-year-old student at a prep school in Pennsylvania.
He is a psychiatrist at a well-known hospital in California.
3
What “dirty trick” did Spencer pull on Holden?
He pretended to be dead to scare Holden.
He called Holden’s parents
He orally read back Holden’s exam answer
He had a surprise going away party
4
Who was Robert Ackley?
He was short and heavy and mean
He was fair-skinned and had a large birthmark
He had a pimply face.
He was tall and athletic,
5
Why doesn’t Holden go down to see Jane?
He didn’t think she would remember him.
He wasn’t in the mood.
He didn’t want to get stuck taking her out.
Stradlater threatened to punch him if he did.
6
What did Holden, Brossard, and Ackley do instead of watching the movie?
Went to another movie theater
Ate a few hamburgers and played the pinball machine
Went home immediately
Played some pranks on some little kids.
7
Whom did Holden meet on his train ride? Why did he lie to her?
the mother of a schoolmate-he wanted her to feel proud
He met a friend-he was embarrassed that he had flunked out
one of his teachers-she had always had a good opinion of him
a friend of his mother’s-afraid she would tell his mother
8
How did Holden let the fencing team down?
He lost his match making them lose.
He left the equipment at the school
He forgot to wake up
He left the equipment on the subway.
9
Who was Stradlater?
He was Holden’s English professor.
He was a shy boy who lived down the hall
He was Holden’s good-looking, but conceited roommate.
He was the coach of the fencing team.
10
Why wouldn’t Holden be back to Pencey after Christmas vacation?
He had been expelled because he failed four of five subjects
His father was sick and he had to go to work
He was accepted to college
He had lost his athletic scholarship
11
Identify Jane Gallagher.
She was the daughter of his mother’s best friend
She had lived next door to Holden before he came to Pencey.
She was the sister of a boy on the fencing team
She was the headmaster’s daughter.
12
After the fight, what does Holden say he is?
He is an animal.
He is a moron.
He is a pacifist.
He is tough.
13
Why doesn't Ackley like Stradlater?
Stradlater always harasses Ackley
He thinks he is too good-looking
He thinks that Stradlater is conceited.
Ackley doesn't like Stradlater's annoying little habits.
14
Why did Holden think Pencey Prep always had steak on Saturday?
Dr. Thurmer wanted to be able to impress the parents
The students had been complaining
The teachers wanted the students to be well-fed.
The cafeteria didn't have anything left
15
Why wasn’t Holden at the big football game?
He was not allowed to attend extra-curricular activities
He couldn’t afford the ticket
He returned to school and had to see his history teacher
He had to finish a term paper that was due the next Monday.
16
What happened to the composition Holden wrote for Stradlater?
he English teacher recognized Holden’s style
Stradlater didn’t use it
Stradlater insulted Holden about the topic
Stradlater turned it in
17
What happened to Holden's younger brother Allie?
He was drafted to fight in World War 2
He committed suicide.
He was hit by a car
He died of Leukemia
18
Why did Stradlater hit Holden?
Holden cursed at Stradlater
Holden refused to turn the lights out and stop smoking.
Stradlater’s way to say he didn’t want Holden to leave
Holden threw a punch at him.
19
Why was Holden worried before Stradlater returned from his date with Jane?
Stradlater was going to stretch out his suit jacket.
Stradlater would get caught out after curfew
Stradlater was going to make sexual advances towards Jane
Stradlater would get in a car wreck
20
About what did Holden write Stradlater’s composition?
t was about the shower stall between his room
It was about his bedroom when he was a little boy.
It was about his dead brother’s baseball glove.
It was about the inside of a New York subway car.
21
Where did Holden decide to go?
He thought it best to go directly to his parents’ house.
to leave Pencey early and stay in a hotel in New York
He thought he would go to California
He decided to visit Jane Gallagher.
22
How does Holden feel when he goes into Mr. Spencer's room?
He feels ashamed because he failed Mr. Spencer's class.
The smell of flowers makes him remember his sister.
The sight, the smell, and the medicine make him sick.
The sight of Mr. Spencer makes him sad.
