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Catcher in The Rye Test

This document contains a test on J.D. Salinger's novel Catcher in the Rye with questions addressing different levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. The test includes 20 multiple choice questions testing knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation of the novel. Questions cover topics such as characters, events, themes, rhetorical devices, and comparing the novel's portrayal of adolescence to the reader's own experience.

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Catcher in The Rye Test

This document contains a test on J.D. Salinger's novel Catcher in the Rye with questions addressing different levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. The test includes 20 multiple choice questions testing knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation of the novel. Questions cover topics such as characters, events, themes, rhetorical devices, and comparing the novel's portrayal of adolescence to the reader's own experience.

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Allyson Nichols

Catcher in the Rye Test


Blooms
Level of
Questionin
g

Knowledg
e
Questions

Compreh
ension
Questions

Applicatio
n
Questions

Test Questions

1.Which item does Holden say that shows Stradlater is a


phony?
a.his baseball mitt
b.his suitcases
c.his razor
d.his toothbrush
2.At the beginning of the story where is Holden at?
a.Watching the football game
b.On a train from New York
c.At the rest home
d.At his house in New York
1.What is the ironic about Stradlater asking Holden to
write his composition?
a.Holden is smarter than Stradlater
b.Stradlater best friend is the smartest in the class
c.Stradlater meant to ask Ackley
d.Holden is almost failing English
2.What does Holden mean when he says Mothers are all
slightly insane
a.Mothers need to be checked into a metal hospital
b.Mothers worry so much about their kids that they get a
little insane
c.Mothers need help from fathers but fathers don't help as
much so mothers go crazy
d.kids are so crazy they make moms insane
3.What does Holden most likely mean when he says I
don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.
a.It shows how confusing a teenagers mind is and how
stubborn teenagers are
b.Holden is just talking smack
c.Holden has a mental problem trying to differentiate
what he says
d.Holden has no idea what he is saying
1)What was significant about Holdens obsession with the
ducks in the pond?
a)Holden missed his sister and ducks were her favorite
animal
b)Holden missed his sister and he felt ducks were their
connection
c)Holden was friends with the cab driver and just wanted
to talk
d)The ducks were once Holdens and he wants to know
where they are

Skill
addresse
d

Meaning

Meaning

2)When Holden says I am always saying "Glad to've met

Analysis
Questions

you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to


stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though. how do you
think Holden meant to come across?
a)Annoyed with people
b)Angry about how he has to treat people
c)Wise with his advice about people
d)Happy with being able to talk to people
3)People are always ruining things for you What type of
rhetorical element is this?
a)Simile
b)Personification
c)Hyperbole
d)Alliteration
4)Compare and Contrast the different relationships Holden
has with Allie and Phoebe
a)Allie was Holden's best friend and Phoebe is really mean
to Holden
b)Allie was the closest person to Holden while Holden was
trying to protect Phoebe from growing up
c)Allie was a loner and Phoebe was annoying
d)Allie was related to Holden but Phoebe wasn't
5)Replace the underlined word with a different word
Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You
ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass
cases and just leave them alone.
a)can
b)would
c)never
d)should
1.What kind of Rhetorical Element is this It's not too bad
when the sun's out, but the sun only comes out when it feels
like coming out.
a)Hyperbole
b)Personification
c)Simile
d)Metaphor
2.Compare and contrast the way Holden talked to the girls
at the bar and how he treated Morrow's mother?
a)He sees them as being dumb and he respects them, but
he 'shoots the crap' around them
b)he values them and tries to impress them as much as
he can
c)he couldn't care less about them
d)he falls in love with all of them and can't speak around
3.What is Holden's tone about death in this quote? When
you're dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do
die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the
river or something. Anything except sticking me in a
goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of
flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap.
Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody.

Tone

Rhetorical
Elements

Compare/
Contrast

Word
Choice

Rhetorical
Elements

Compare/
Contrast

Tone

a)Holden is happy because he likes the idea of being

Synthesis
Questions

pampered
b)Holden is upset because he can't understand why
people would waste gifts on people that can't enjoy them
c)Holden is hiding is excitement to be in a cemetery
d)Holden doesn't want graves to not have flowers
4.Which word would best replace the underlined term? The
mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a
cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live
humbly for one.
a. likes
b. strives
c. gains
d. achieve
5.It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody
understands and they'll do practically anything you want them
to.What most likely makes Holden think this is funny?
a)People will fall for anything
b)People are so smart
c)People don't like to think on their own
d)a & c only
e)none of the above
1.Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first
person who was ever confused and frightened and even
sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on
that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know.
Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and
spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them
kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from themif
you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to
offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a
beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education.
It's history. It's poetry. What points of this quote show
how Holden views maturity?

2.Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to


the rule."Yes, sir. I know it is. I know it."Game, my ass. Some
game. If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it's
a game, all right-I'll admit that. But if you get on the other side,
where there aren't any hot-shots, then what's a game about it?
Nothing. No game. What does life is a game mean? Why does
Holden blow off this advice?

Word
Choice

3.Salinger uses the word phony quite often throughout the


novel. What does the word phony mean to Holden? What are
some examples of Holden labeling people as phonies?

Evaluatio
n
Questions

1.I think that one of these days," he said, "you're going to have
to find out where you want to go. And then you've got to start
going there. But immediately. You can't afford to lose a minute.
Not you. Did Salinger write this in the book for not only Holden
but the reader too?

2.Throughout the novel Salinger showed the reader Holden


growing up and trying to stay young at the same time. It shows
the conflict teenagers go through daily. Is this book an accurate
representation of how you feel. (Not to the extreme of flunking
schools, but the balance of growing up or staying young).

Allyson Nichols
Catcher In the Rye Answer Sheet
Knowledge: 1. C

2. A

Comprehension: 1. D
Application: 1. B
Analysis: 1. B

2. B
2. C

2. A

3. A
3. C

3. B

4. B
4. B

5. D
5. D

Synthesis:
1.-you aren't the only one, not first and not last -many other
people have gone through it too -you will learn from others &
others will learn from you
2.-there isn't cheating in life -everything is at random -nothing is
ever guaranteed -Holden ignores b/c he thinks it isn't important
and has nothing to do with him. Holden thinks if life were a game
it would be easier
3.-Phony= fake, or anyone being at all not themselves random
teens on NY streets -adults -teachers -almost everyone
Evaluation:
1.Both, he wanted his message to be so powerful that the reader
would even take the message and question their personal life and
really think about it
2.-balance

between maturing -steps through maturity -the


difficulty of maturity

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