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The Glass Family Trivia Quiz

Some questions about Salinger's endlessly fascinating characters.

A multiple-choice quiz by wylie6. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
wylie6

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
306,498

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
316

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Name the mother of the family. Hint

Bessie

Bonnie

Birdie

Bunny

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who is Boo Boo? Hint

One of the Glass children

Seymour's dog

Franny's parakeet

Seymour's wife

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Question 3 of 10

3. In which of the "Nine Stories" does Boo Boo appear? Hint

"The Laughing Man"

"A Perfect Day for Bananafish"

"Down at the Dingy"

"De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period"

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of the radio program on which the Glass children were featured? Hint

"It's A Wise Child"

"Listen to the Child"

"Ask Any Child"

"A Child Knows"

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Question 5 of 10

5. What did Mr. and Mrs. Glass do for a living? Hint

They were antique dealers

They owned and operated a theater

They were vaudeville performers

They were professors of philosophy

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Question 6 of 10

6. In "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," what was the woman in the elevator allegedly doing that annoyed Seymour? Hint

Eating a banana

Praying in a whisper

Looking at his feet

Humming "Hail to the Chief"

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following concerns Seymour's wedding? Hint

"Franny"

"Seymour - An Introduction"

"Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters"

"Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes"

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the title of the otherwise unpublished Glass family story that appeared in The New Yorker in June, 1965? Hint

"Two-fisted Colette"

"Hapworth 16, 1924"

"Act, Zachary Martin Glass"

"Connecting the Charleston and B-17"

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Question 9 of 10

9. In "Zooey," what is Zooey doing during most of the conversation with his mother? Hint

Taking a bath

Washing the windows

Driving a car

Exercising

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Question 10 of 10

10. What long, rambling piece consists of Buddy's seemingly random reflections and reminiscences? Hint

"Teddy"

"Just Before the War with the Esquimos"

"For Esme - with Love and Squalor"

"Seymour - An Introduction"

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Name the mother of the family.

Answer: Bessie

In "Raise High the Room Beam, Carpenters," we are told that Bessie's maiden name was Gallagher. Her husband's name was Les. (Did you see Les Glass?)

2. Who is Boo Boo?

Answer: One of the Glass children

In birth order, Boo Boo (real name Beatrice) comes between Buddy and the twins, Walt and Waker.

3. In which of the "Nine Stories" does Boo Boo appear?

Answer: "Down at the Dingy"

In "Down at the Dingy," Boo Boo comforts her son Lionel, and very nicely, too.

4. What is the name of the radio program on which the Glass children were featured?

Answer: "It's A Wise Child"

In "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters," we learn that all seven of the Glass children were paid panelists on "It's A Wise Child" at various times between 1927 and 1943, all under pseudonyms.

5. What did Mr. and Mrs. Glass do for a living?

Answer: They were vaudeville performers

In "Zooey" we are told that on Seymour's 21st birthday, Bessie and Les "did a lovely soft-shoe" from the old act for his amusement.

6. In "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," what was the woman in the elevator allegedly doing that annoyed Seymour?

Answer: Looking at his feet

The woman had zinc salve on her nose, and claimed to have been looking at the floor. Unfortunately, her claim of innocence was apparently not much comfort to Seymour.

7. Which of the following concerns Seymour's wedding?

Answer: "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters"

" 'You'd better not say you're a friend of the groom,' the Matron of Honor interrupted me, from the back of the car. 'I'd like to get my hands on him for about two minutes. Just two minutes, that's all.' "

8. What is the title of the otherwise unpublished Glass family story that appeared in The New Yorker in June, 1965?

Answer: "Hapworth 16, 1924"

The story is in the form of a long letter written from summer camp by Seymour to Boo Boo.

The incorrect answers are all fragments of sentences from "Zooey."

9. In "Zooey," what is Zooey doing during most of the conversation with his mother?

Answer: Taking a bath

" 'I'll just be a minute, for goodness' sake. Pull the shower curtain.' "

10. What long, rambling piece consists of Buddy's seemingly random reflections and reminiscences?

Answer: "Seymour - An Introduction"

Buddy warns us early on that he's going to have some difficulty writing about Seymour, and, in fact, he does.

On the dust jacket of the first edition of "Seymour - An Introduction"(1959), Salinger writes that he has "several new Glass stories coming along -- waxing, dilating -- each in its own way..." We continue to wait patiently.

Source: Author wylie6

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