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'The Catcher in the Rye'
'The Catcher in the Rye'
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1
What does this extract reveal about Holden's attitudes and values?
Answers 1 and 2
He values wholesome places and people; he resents phoniness
Holden is a hypocrite who despises the places he visits
None of the answers
2
What did Holden buy in New York that he uses often throughout the book?
A red hunting hat
A scarf
A blue baseball hat
A straw hat
3
Complete this sentence: "I'm the most terrific______ you ever saw in your life."
Fighter
Phony
Person
Liar
4
What does Holden's strange encounter with Mr Antolini suggest to readers?
Holden distrusts adults
Holden is paranoid and suspicious
Mr Antolini is a sexual predator
Holden has been sexually abused
5
What correct words does Holden mistake in Robert Burn's poem?
If somebody catches a body coming through the rye
If a body meet a body coming through the rye
If a body catch a body coming through the rye
When a body catch another body
6
Who does Holden go to when he's feeling depressed?
His mother
Jane Gallagher
Phoebe
Mr Antolini
7
After Holden and Stradlater get into a fight, what does Holden claim he (Holden) is?
A tough guy
A pacifist
A phony
A weak guy
8
Why was Holden expelled from Pencey Prep?
He got into a fight with Stradlater
He cheated in Mr Spencer's class
He was failing all his subject, except English
He bullied James Castle at Elkton Hills
9
Why did Holden's parents want him psychoanalysed when he was thirteen?
He was expelled from school
He punched out all the windows in the garage
He ran away from home
He spray painted the outside of a house
10
On the train, what reason does Holden give Mrs. Morrow as to why he is going home early?
There was a death in the family
He was kicked out of Pencey
He is having a brain tumour removed
His sister is very sick
11
What tone is adopted by Holden in this extract?
Confessional
Relieved
Sad
Distressed
12
Why do the swear words graffitied onto Phoebe's school wall upset Holden?
He doesn't want to grow up
He doesn't use profanities
He's worried that young kids will see the words
He's losing control
13
What is the only class that Holden is not failing in?
Maths
History
English
Geography
14
What is Holden's brother's profession?
Actor
Writer
A prostitute
Reporter
15
Holden says, "That killed me!" What language technique is used here?
Stock phrase and death motif
Stock phrase
Digression
Sarcasm
16
Complete the sentence: "I felt so lonesome all of a sudden. I almost wished I was______."
Dead
With Sally Hayes
At home
At Pencey Prep
17
What does the golden ring on the carousel represent?
Hope for a better future
Fun and excitement
Risk-taking as part of growing up
His sister, Phoebe
18
What does Holden write Stradlater's English paper about?
Allie's baseball glove
An interesting place
Allie's baseball bat
The ducks in Central Park
19
What techniques are used in this extract?
Direct address, imagery, confessional voice and digressions
Imagery, confessional voice and slang
Imagery and confessional voice
Direct address, confessional voice, imagery and repetition
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Who does Holden consider authentic and value?
Lillian Simmons
Jane Gallagher
Sally Hayes
Faith Cavendish
