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