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Directions: Copy your 20 original test questions into the graphic organizer below. Be sure to
organize your questions based on their level of questioning according to Blooms Taxonomy.
**EXAMPLE FORMAT**
Blooms
Level of
Questioning
Knowled
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Question
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TEST QUESTIONS
Compreh
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Question
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Mental hospital
Doctors
Mr. Spencers
Pencey
1. Which example best shows Holdens use of style in language
throughout the novel?
a.
b.Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that no one plays by the
rules... Game, my ass. Some game. If you get on a side where all
the hotshots are, then its a game, all right-Ill admit that. But if you
get on the other side, where there aren't any hot-shots, then whats
a game about it? Nothing. No game(p. 80
c."I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot." Chapter 3, pg. 18
D. "If you want to know the truth, I'm a virgin. I really am. I've had quite
a few opportunities to lose my virginity and all, but I've never got around
to it yet." Chapter 13, pg. 92
Skill
addressed
B. The first thing I did when I got off at Penn Station, i went into
this phone booth. I felt like giving somebody a buzz...but as soon as
i was up, i couldn't think of anybody to call up ( p. 66)
C."Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing
everybody." Chapter 25, pg. 214
B."'If a body catch a body coming through the rye.'" Chapter 16, pg.
115
C."If you want to know the truth, I'm a virgin. I really am. I've had
quite a few opportunities to lose my virginity and all, but I've never got
around to it yet." Chapter 13, pg. 92
Applicati
on
Question
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a.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 in their
own environment couldnt supply them with...So they gave up
looking
B. "'If a body catch a body coming through the rye.'" Chapter 16, pg.
115
C. "If you want to know the truth, I'm a virgin. I really am. I've had
quite a few opportunities to lose my virginity and all, but I've never got
around to it yet." Chapter 13, pg. 92
A.
B.
C.
D.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Analysis
QuestionA.
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B. "'If a body catch a body coming through the rye.'" Chapter 16, pg.
115
4. Infer what would happen if Holden did not go to New York. Would
his life be similar or different?
5. Outline the main theme of the novel, and give evidence as to
why this theme is the most influencial.
Synthesi
s
Question
s
"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. I
know that's impossible, but it's too bad anyway." Chapter 16, pg. 122
Evaluatio
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Question
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Rubric
Blooms level addressed in the question Number of questions
Points
Knowledge Questions
4 pts
Comprehension Questions
6 pts
Application Questions
10 pts
Analysis Questions
10 pts
Synthesis Questions
6 pts
Evaluation Questions
4 pts
Number of questions
Word Choice
4 pts
Meaning
4 pts
Rhetorical Elements
4 pts
Tone
4 pts
Compare/Contrast representations
4 pts
15 pts
15 pts
10 pts