Catcher and The Rye Final Exam Practice

Question 1

18. What does Holden write about in his essay?

Accepted Answer

C. Allie’s baseball glove

Question 2

22. What advice does Mr. Antolini give Holden?

Accepted Answer

C. Live humbly and with purpose

Question 3

28. Why do cheap suitcases upset Holden?

Accepted Answer

C. They symbolize wealth division

Question 4

4. Which symbol represents the sad reality that Holden can’t protect innocence?

Accepted Answer

D. Graffiti on the wall

Question 5

10. Who told Holden to keep the kings in the back row?

Accepted Answer

B. Jane Gallagher

Question 6

5. When is the story set?

Accepted Answer

C. 1940s-1950s

Question 7

48. Why does Holden love Phoebe’s notebook?

Accepted Answer

D. It’s real and not phony

Question 8

47. What happens to Holden in the museum bathroom?

Accepted Answer

B. He passes out

Question 9

30. What does Holden imagine while hanging up Sunny’s dress?

Accepted Answer

B. That she was buying it in a store

Question 10

15. What is the literary style of the book?

Accepted Answer

C. Stream of consciousness

Question 11

27. Which school did Holden NOT attend?

Accepted Answer

C. Choate

Question 12

13. What does “Coming Through the Rye” represent?

Accepted Answer

B. Identity and sexuality

Question 13

41. Who does Holden talk to on the phone?

Accepted Answer

D. Faith Cavendish

Question 14

49. How old is Holden?

Accepted Answer

C. 16

Question 15

24. Being on a hill alone symbolizes…

Accepted Answer

C. Separation

Question 16

16. When does Holden cry?

Accepted Answer

B. At the carousel

Question 17

1. What does Holden’s red hunting hat symbolize?

Accepted Answer

D. His comfort and protection when alone

Question 18

23. At the beginning, Holden tells about Pencey while he's…

Accepted Answer

D. On top of a hill

Question 19

38. What does Holden say happens when you tell your story?

Accepted Answer

B. You miss people

Question 20

11. Why does Holden feel sad when receiving presents?

Accepted Answer

B. He doesn’t think he deserves them

Question 21

39. What does Holden wonder when watching little girls play?

Accepted Answer

C. If they will marry phonies

Question 22

3. Who tells Holden he's heading for a fall?

Accepted Answer

C. Mr. Antolini

Question 23

43. What’s different about the second F.U. Holden sees carved in the wall?

Accepted Answer

B. He can’t erase it

Question 24

26. What makes Holden depressed when thinking of Sunny?

Accepted Answer

C. Her dress and how she bought it

Question 25

17. What is a theme of the novel?

Accepted Answer

C. All teens must face challenges to grow

Question 26

19. Who is Ernest Morrow?

Accepted Answer

C. A classmate's mom

Question 27

2. Where does the story take place?

Accepted Answer

B. New York City

Question 28

35. How did Allie die?

Accepted Answer

D. Leukemia

Question 29

36. What month does the story take place?

Accepted Answer

B. December

Question 30

52. Why does Holden think the woman at the movies is a phony?

Accepted Answer

C. She shushes others but is loud herself

Question 31

37. Where is Holden while telling the story?

Accepted Answer

C. In California with his brother

Question 32

7. Who does Holden say isn’t a phony?

Accepted Answer

C. Mr. Antolini

Question 33

42. What represents his connection to Allie and Phoebe?

Accepted Answer

C. Museum

Question 34

56. Who does Holden say he likes when Phoebe asks him?

Accepted Answer

D. Talking to Allie

Question 35

32. What does Holden do after getting drunk and feeling bad?

Accepted Answer

C. Drops Phoebe’s record

Question 36

54. What is Holden’s fantasy plan?

Accepted Answer

C. Run away and be a deaf-mute

Question 37

46. Why did Jane cry on the porch?

Accepted Answer

B. Something her stepfather did

Question 38

51. What does Holden offer to help Sally with?

Accepted Answer

A. Trimming the Christmas tree

Question 39

45. What does Holden’s name represent?

Accepted Answer

B. Youth

Question 40

25. What does Holden call Stradlater?

Accepted Answer

B. A secret slob

Question 41

12. What does the museum represent?

Accepted Answer

C. Inability to deal with change

Question 42

33. Which of these has nothing to do with loss of innocence?

Accepted Answer

D. Museum

Question 43

8. Who does Holden think is a phony?

Accepted Answer

D. D.B.

Question 44

34. What does Mr. Spencer do that annoys Holden?

Accepted Answer

B. Reads his essay out loud

Question 45

9. What symbol represents Holden's fear of disappearing?

Accepted Answer

A. Ducks

Question 46

21. Who does Holden try to get a drink with, even if he doesn’t like them?

Accepted Answer

C. Random people because he’s lonely

Question 47

40. Which of these is NOT Holden’s teacher?

Accepted Answer

C. Carl Luce

Question 48

29. Which of these is NOT an image of falling?

Accepted Answer

A. Carousel

Question 49

50. After leaving Antolini’s, where does Holden go?

Accepted Answer

B. Carl Luce’s place

Question 50

44. Who does NOT play a big role in the story?

Accepted Answer

C. Parents

Question 51

6. What brings Holden joy toward the end?

Accepted Answer

B. Reading Phoebe's notebook

Question 52

31. What does Holden imagine in the bar?

Accepted Answer

C. Getting shot in the stomach

Question 53

14. What does Holden claim to be?

Accepted Answer

C. A pacifist

Question 54

20. What makes Holden look older?

Accepted Answer

B. His grey hair

Question 55

53. What did James Castle do that Holden admired?

Accepted Answer

C. Refused to take back what he said

Catcher and The Rye Final Exam Practice

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Catcher and The Rye Final Exam Practice

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