Test by: Gracie Ross

Name: ________________

1. More than anything else, Holden hates

A. Horses
B. Baseball players
C. Phonies
D. IPhones

2.

What is the name of the girl who Holden simply cannot

stop talking about?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Jane
Carlie
Sally
Nancy

3. What does Holden want to know about the ducks on the pond
in Central Park in NYC? What does this reveal about his
character?
A. Holden wants to know if the pond is frozen and where the ducks go
when its frozen. Holdens concern is his figurative and metaphorical
way of wondering where those go without a home, which dont
belong anyplace, can seek refuge.
B. Holden loves ice skating and is anxious to know when the pond will
freeze, so he can skate. His question about the ducks reveals his
intellectual curiosity.
C. Holden likes to feed the ducks. So he wants to know where they go
when the pond freezes so he can still feed them. This shows
Holdens love for animals.

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D. Holdens concern for the ducks exemplifies the way he distracts

himself with unnecessary questions of little importance to avoid
thinking about topics that hes trying to avoid.

4. Read the following quote by Holden: What I really felt like,

though, was committing suicide. I felt like jumping out the window.
I probably wouldve done it too, if Id been sure somebodyd cover
me up as soon as I landed. I didnt want a bunch of stupid
rubbernecks looking at me when I was all gory. Which of these
answers does NOT provide accurate analysis of Holdens feelings as
expressed in the excerpt above?
A. Holden is in deep depression
B. Holden cares how people view him
C. Holdens reason for stay alive is, he doesnt want phonies to
judge him
D. He would rather kill himself in a manner that would be less
bloody.
5. iIn chapter 13 Holden remarks, id leave this room without even
taking a sock at him. Id probably go down to the can and sneak a
cigarette and watch myself getting tough in the mirror. Anyway,
thats what I thought about the whole way back to the hotel. Its no
fun to be yellow. Maybe Im not all yellow. I dont know. Consider
the meaning of yellow as Holden uses it within the context. Which
of the following is a close synonym of yellow?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Cowardly
Brave
Pretty
Smelly

6. Give an example of when Holden felt invisible, and lonely.

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A. I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

B. I dont give a damn, except that I get bored sometimes when people
tell me to act my age. Sometimes I act a lot older than I am - I really
do - but people never notice it. People never notice anything.
C. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody.
D. I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
7. Then the carousel started, and I watched her go round and
round...All the kids tried to grip for the gold ring, and so was old
Phoebe, and I was sort of afraid she's fall off the goddam horse, but
I didn't say or do anything. The thing with kids is, if they want to
grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say
anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it is bad to say anything to
them. What is the significance of the carousel in Chapter 25?
A. Now he has come to terms with the idea that every child will
eventually fall out of innocence and into adulthood. Holden cannot
prevent them from doing it or save them, just as he cannot prevent
or save himself from becoming an adult.
B. It isnt significant; Holden just likes to ride the carousel.
C. It shows Holdens childlike behaviors, and that he doesnt want to
grow up. He prefers to be young and naive forever
D. Holden doesnt care if people get hurt, he only cares about himself.
So if the kids want to grab for the rings, he wont try to help them.
8. put on this hat that Id bought in New York that morning. It was
this red hunting hat, with one of those very, very long peaks. I saw
it in the window of this sports store when we got out of the subway,
just after I noticed I'd lost all the goddam foils. It only cost me a
buck. The way I wore it, I swung the old peak way around to the
backvery corny, I'll admit, but I liked it that way. I looked good in
it that way. What is the symbolic meaning of Holdens red hunting
cap?
A. He likes the color red
B. It shows his love for hunting
C. It is a symbol of Holden's identity
D. He doesnt wear a red hunting cap

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9. Give an example of Holden being hypocritical.

A. The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always
stayed right where it was. Nobodyd move. . . . Nobodyd be different.
The only thing that would be different would be you
B. I am the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life."
C. I have a feeling that youre riding for some kind of terrible, terrible
fall. . . . The whole arrangements designed for men who, at some time
or other in their lives, were looking for something their own
environment couldnt supply them with. . . . So they gave up looking.
D. "But it wasn't just that he was the most intelligent member in the
family. He was also the nicest, in lots of ways. He never got mad at
anybody. People with red hair are supposed to get mad very easily, but
Allie never did, and he had very red hair."

10. Which quote BEST explains why Holden is afraid to grow up?
A.