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Why is Holden cold and wet when he’s in Central Park looking for ducks?

What does Holden want to talk about with Luce?

The Catcher in the Rye

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1
What does Holden want to talk about with Luce?
School
Sex
His unresolved issues with his mother
His feelings
2
Why is Holden cold and wet when he’s in Central Park looking for ducks?
Because it started to rain and he got soaked
Because he fell through the ice in the lake
Because at the bar he stuck his head in a basin of water
Because he showered just before going to the park
3
What does Holden buy to eat from the drugstore?
A Swiss cheese sandwich and a malted milk
A ham and cheese sandwich and a malted milk
An egg sandwich and a Coke
A Swiss cheese sandwich and a chocolate milk
4
What does Holden call people he thinks are superficial?
Stradlaters
Phonies
Flits
Champs
5
What does the “phony” war movie Holden sees make him think about?
He wants to enlist because he knows what real bravery is.
He thinks about dead soldiers’ graves
He thinks he’d be really good at combat.
He thinks about how he would hate to go to war
6
Whose death torments Holden?
His younger brother, Allie’s
The thought of his own one day
His older brother, D.B.’s
Mr. Spencer’s, his history teacher at Pencey Prep
7
What characterizes “a phony,” according to Holden?
Joking, playing pranks, going on dates
Intelligence and cynicism
Being a good student and going to a good college
Superficiality, pretension, hypocrisy
8
What does Holden’s obsessive search for company reveal?
His deep loneliness
Insomnia
His social nature
The onset of pneumonia