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A Quiz to test your knowledge of the book Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
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1
Where is Holden while he is writing the story?
In a writing class
In prison
In a rest home
In church
2
What does Allie have written in his baseball mitt?
Song lyrics
Famous Quotes
Poetry
The names of his family
3
Holden experiences a moment of intense joy in the park when he watches Phoebe do what?
Feed the ducks
Taunt the lions
Roller-skate
Ride the carousel
4
Which character refuses to "answer typical Caulfield questions" when they meet for a drink?
Carl Luce
Faith Cavendish
James Castle
Dick Whitman
5
Whom does Holden call in the middle of the night from his house?
Mr. Antolini, his old English teacher, whom he liked
Stradlater, whom he never said goodbye to
An ambulance, because he feels like he might passt out
Luce's father who is a psychoanalyst
6
Finish the quote: "Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do _______."
"you'll regret it."
"you start missing everybody."
"you'll want to be the catcher in the rye too."
"you discover we're all phonies."
7
What did Allie write on his baseball glove?
Poems
Bible verses
Baseball stats
The names of girls he liked
8
Holden dreams about being the "catcher in the rye" because:
He has a great imagination
He is tired of all the phonies
He misses Allie so much
He wants to protect children's innocence
9
What's the name of the school that Holden was attending during the course of telling his story?
Elkton Hills
Don Bosco High
Pencey Prep
The Whooton School
10
What does the elevator operator offer Holden?
A Prostitute
Drugs
Money
None of the above
11
What or who is the "Catcher in the Rye"?
Holden's father
Holden's dream job
None of the above
Phoebe's stuffed animal
12
Who is the character that the Holden claims is "Queen of the Phonies"?
Faith Cavendish
Lillian Simmons
Jane Gallagher
Sally Hayes
13
What does Holden think about when Phoebe asks him what he likes?
Jane Gallagher
Allie's baseball mitt
The ducks
James Castle & the nuns
14
Where does Holden go once he gets to the city?
To a seedy hotel called the Edmont
He sleeps on a park bench
Right to his old English teacher's apartment
Straight home to talk to Phoebe
15
What does Holden yells as loud as he can as he's leaving Pencey for the last time?
"You're all a bunch of goddam phonies!"
"I'll miss you!"
"Up yours Stradlater!"
"Goodnight ya morons!"
16
Why does Holden flee from the nightclub?
He feels dizzy and his nose starts bleeding.
Because he runs into Lillian Simmons, who annoys him.
He sees his parents across the room.
He can't get Mr. Spencer's lecture out of his head.
17
In the beginning of the novel, where is Holden?
In his dorm
In some sort of psychiatric unit
At a football game
Home for Christmas break
18
Who says... “Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.” ?
Holden
Holden's roomate, Stradlater
Mr. Spencer, Holden's history teacher
Ackley, Holden's neighbor
19
What do Mal, Ackley, and Holden end up doing when they take the bus into town?
Going to the movies
Stealing cars
Eating burgers
Going for a walk on the beach
20
This symbolizes Holden's desire that things stay the same and never change
His vacation home in Maine
Allie's baseball mitt
His red hunting hat
The Museum of Natural History
21
Why does Holden decide to punch Stradlater?
Stradlater brags about his date with Jane
Stradlater attacked Holden first
Stradlater refused to answer the question about his date
Stradlater was teasing Holden
22
Why does Ackley annoy Holden?
He's really smart and always showing off his good grades.
He always snaps people with his towel after taking a shower
He has really, really bad personal hygiene
He has a really high, screechy voice and always makes messes
23
What is the reason for Holden leaving his school?
He was expelled for destruction of school property.
He's moving
He was expelled for fighting
He failed most of his classes
24
Why is everyone at the football game that Holden watches from the top of the hill?
There is a particularly good half time show
It's the popular first game against a school rival
It's the popular last game against a school rival
There is a mandatory attendance
25
What does Mr. Spencer tell Holden about life?
It is unfair
It's a game
It's great if you meet the right girl
It's easier with a good education
26
What was D.B. like when he was home from the Army on furlough?
He simply lay in his bed staring at the ceiling
He went to the pool everyday
He wanted to go back
He was happy to be home
27
What does Holden give to Phoebe when he visits the family apartment?
Magic beans
A loaf of rye bread
His red hunting hat
An album he bought for her
28
What symbolizes Holden's acceptance that you cannot prevent someone from growing up?
Phoebe's Elementary School
The Museum of Natural History
The Carousel
The Duck Pond
29
What happened to Holden's brother Allie?
He was in a terrible car crash.
He had a sudden heart-attack.
He was sent to juvie.
He died of leukemia.
30
What advice does Mr. Antollini give Holden?
To appologize to Sally for their date
To write about his experience at Pencey and exploring NYC
To live humbly for a cause rather than die for one
To tell his parents and tell them he failed out of Pencey
31
Why does Holden run out of the apartment in the middle of the night?
He decides to get on a bus to Maine that night.
He’s freaked out when Mr. Antolini strokes his hair.
He realizes he needs to talk to his parents.
He wants to check himself into a hospital for observation.
32
What is the name of the cab driver that gets annoyed by Holden's question about the ducks?
Ossenburger
Sanchez
Horwitz
Commander Blop
33
Holden claims that Ward Stradlater:
Is a stud muffin
Is a secret slob
Has bad hygiene
Has an inferiority complex
34
Who is Jane Gallagher?
A Prostitute
Holden's girlfriend
None of the above
An old friend of Holden
35
When Phoebe accuses Holden of hating everything, what does he claim to like?
School
Pretty girls
Allie
Phoebe
36
Holden claims he can't stand it when people have cheap _____________.
Cars
Hats
Wallets
Suitcases
37
Holden wonders about which animals in Central Park?
Ducks
Squirrels
Goats
Dogs
38
Which
is not
a prep-school that Holden attended?
Eltkton Hills
Pencey
Choate
Whooten
39
Why did Holden miss his brother's funeral?
He was with a prostitute.
He was in the hospital after breaking the garage windows.
He had a test he couldn't miss.
He got the days mixed up.
40
Where is the duck pond Holden is so curious about located?
Franklin park
The Commons
Central Park
Silver Lake
41
What question plagues Holden throughout the book?
Which came first: the chicken, or the egg?
Where do the ducks in Central Park go in the winter?
Would aliens be less phony?
Who killed FDR?
42
What does Holden tease Jane about?
She has terrible taste in movies
She lost eight balls when they played golf
She never moves her kings in checkers
Her boyfirend being a phoney
43
What is the name of the book of short stories that Holden's brother D.B. wrote?
Franny & Zooey
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
The Laughing Man
The Secret Goldfish
44
Who sits next to Holden on the train?
The mother of one of Holden's classmates
Luce, a grad student at Columbia
The headmaster's daughter
His old friend Sally Hayes
45
Who does Holden call from the hotel room after spying on people in the others rooms?
Jane, the girl he used to play checkers with
Phoebe, his sister
Faith Cavendish, a girl whose number he has
His parents
46
Who is Mr. Antolini?
A neighbor
A psychotherapist
A dog
An English teacher from a school Holden used to attend
47
Who does Holden dance and drink (a coke) with in the hotel bar?
A groups of girls visiting from out of town
A burlesque dancer whose number he had
A prostitute he hires
He brings Phoebe, who is half-asleep
48
Why does Holden get beat up in the hotel room?
He didn't pay a hooker
He laughs at a man who plays the harmonica with his nose
He insulted the bell boy, with a particularly raunchy joke
He stole the next room's "USA Today"
49
What does Holden's brother D.B. do for a living?
He's a zookeeper.
He's a Hollywood writer.
He's a pitcher.
He's a headmaster at a school.
50
This is the place where Holden dances with Bernice and her two friends
Wicker Room
Radio City Music Hall
Lavender Room
Ernie's
51
What symbolizes Holden's desire to be an individual?
His haircut
His hat
His coat
His suitcase
52
What does Stradlater ask Holden to do for him while he's out on his date?
Write a compostition for him describing a room
Write a composition about a personal memory
Do his laundry
Do his math homework
53
What happened to the fencing equipment in New York?
It was stolen
Holden sold it at a pawn ship in New York
He left it all on the subway
The team left it in a taxi
