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Franny and Zooey

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Franny and Zooey

J. D. Salinger

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What city does the "Zooey" section take place in?

(A) Cincinnati

(B) Hartford

(D) Los Angeles

How does Zooey Glass make a living?

(A) Hosting a radio talk show

(B) Acting

(D) Teaching

What is the name of the oldest Glass sibling?

(A) Seymour

(B) Boo Boo

(D) Walter

What do Franny Glass and Lane Coutell drink at Sickler's?

(A) Vodka gimlets

(B) Apple juice

(D) Martinis

Why does Franny say she cannot remember Lane's friend?

(A) She was drunk when they met.

(B) He is just like every other boy that she might meet.

(D) Franny has amnesia after passing out.

Seymour wrote his diary on:

(A) A notebook

(B) Shirt cardboards

(D) His hand

What does Bessie Glass usually wear around the apartment?

(A) A ballgown

(B) A nightgown

(D) An overcoat

In what genre of theater did Bessie and Les Glass perform?

(A) Opera

(B) Vaudeville

(D) British farce

What kind of animal is Franny holding for most of "Zooey?"

(A) A cat

(B) A dog

(D) A hamster

What adjective does Bessie use in regard to the title of Zooey's script?

(A) Beautiful

(B) Unusual

(D) Sublime

What is the object that Lane thinks is involved in Franny's breakdown?

(A) A chicken sandwich

(B) A cigarette

(D) A small, green book

Who does Zooey say made Franny and himself "freaks"?

(A) Buddy and Seymour

(B) Bessie and Les

(D) Bessie and Buddy

What does Buddy not have at his house that Bessie wishes he did?

(A) A refrigerator

(B) A dishwasher

(D) A television

In Franny's dream, what are the girls from college trying to do to her?

(A) Feed her lasagna

(B) Hit her with an oar

(D) Eat more chicken

What does Lane keep talking about at lunch with Franny?

(A) His frogs legs

(B) His trip to France

(D) Franny's play

Who does Zooey pretend to be on the phone with Franny?

(A) Buddy

(B) Seymour

(D) Les

What happens to Franny at the end of "Franny"?

(A) Lane proposes to her.

(B) She vomits.

(D) She faints.

Buddy writes a letter to Zooey on the three- year anniversary of what event?

(A) Franny's birth

(B) Seymour's suicide

(D) The publication date of Buddy's first novel

What food does Franny's mother keep offering her?

(A) Tangerines

(B) Chicken soup

(D) Tea

What does Zooey say about this food?

(A) It tastes terrible.

(B) It smells bad.

(D) It has been simmering all night.

Where does Zooey spend the first part of "Zooey"?

(A) In the bathtub

(B) In the kitchen

(D) In his brothers' room

What do Seymour and Buddy have written on their door?

(A) The housekeeper's instructions

(B) Literary quotations

(D) Telephone numbers

Which of part of Zooey's body does Bessie compliment?

(A) His mind

(B) His back

(D) His forearm

Who did Seymour once tell Zooey to shine his shoes for?

(A) Les

(B) The Fat Lady

(D) Jesus

Who of the following people is not a Glass sibling?

(A) Lane

(B) Walt

(D) Boo Boo

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