While Phoebe rides the carrousel, Holden realizes he

has to let her grab for the golden ring

When Holden meets Luce at the Wicker Bar, Luce repeatedly asks Holden

"When are you going to grow up?"

After meeting Luce and getting drunk, Holden calls Sally Hayes to

tell her he'll help trim her Christmas tree

Among Holden's fantasies is

going west and pretending to be a deaf- mute

Mr. Antolini is afraid that Holden is

"riding for some kind of a terrible fall"

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1
Holden's essay for Stradlater describes
Holden's room at home
the Museum of Natural History
the mummy room at the museum
Allie's baseball mitt
2
While Phoebe rides the carrousel, Holden realizes he
has to let her grab for the golden ring
made a mistake when he shared his plans with Phoebe
wants to return to Pencey
3
After the fight with Stradlater, Holden decides to
room with Ackley
call Sally
tell Mr. Thurmer
go to New York
4
Sally Hayes
would rather talk to Holden than go to the theater
refuses to go skating because it is childish
is physically unattractive to Holden
rejects Holden's proposal
5
Holden does all but which of the following when he meets the nuns?
buys their breakfast
contributes $10 for their next collection
discusses Romeo and Juliet
notices their breakfast of toast and coffee
6
When Phoebe meets Holden at the museum, she is planning to
write to D.B. about Holden's problems
write a long letter about life on a ranch
tell her parents that he has flunked out again
go west with him
7
While in New York for the fencing meet, Holden buys
a red hunting cap
a Christmas present for Phoebe
a book entitled Out of Africa
a red coat to replace his stolen one
8
James Castle committed suicide rather than take back something he said about Holden.
false
true
9
The hotel elevator man asks Holden if he
has a cigarette
wants a good time
would like a cocktail
will loan him a dollar
10
When Phoebe asks Holden what he'd like to be, his response is a
catcher in the rye
lawyer like his father
famous writer
social worker
11
When he's with Sunny, Holden feels
depressed
grown up
dirty
happy
12
Ossenburger is a friend from Elkton Hills who lives in New York City.
true
false
13
When Holden meets Luce at the Wicker Bar, Luce repeatedly asks Holden
"Why are you always broke?"
"How's your sex life?"
"Who're you going around with now?"
"When are you going to grow up?"
14
A favorite expression of Holden's is
"See ya 'round."
"Don't call me; I'll call you."
"That killed me."
"riding for some kind of a terrible fall"
15
Phoebe becomes upset when she learns that Holden has been expelled from Pencey.
true
false
16
Holden claims that he has a terrific capacity for
eating
getting by with minimal sleep
alcohol
debating
17
Holden's favorite thing about the Museum of Natural History is the
fact that they play the same music there
fact that nothing ever moves
movie about Columbus
Eskimo who is ice fishing
18
After meeting Luce and getting drunk, Holden calls Sally Hayes to
tell her he'll help trim her Christmas tree
tell her he never wants to see her again
invite her to go Christmas shopping
apologize for his earlier actions
19
Among Holden's fantasies is
going west and pretending to be a deaf- mute
living in Central park
secretly living in the Museum of Natural History
running for congress
20
Holden decides to sneak home in the middle of the night because he
is hungry
needs more money
plans to talk with Phoebe
misses his mother
21
Mr. Antolini is afraid that Holden is
"riding for some kind of a terrible fall"
cheating his way through school
"never going to amount to a hill of beans"
"growing up too fast"
22
Mr. Spencer gives Holden a hunting hat.
false
true
23
Whenever Holden enjoys a book, he wants to
discuss it with Mr. Antolini
read it again
buy it for a friend
call the author on the phone
24
Holden asks Sally Hayes to
go away with him somewhere
go steady with him
return the ring he had given her
have dinner with him
25
One day, Holden helps
a little boy who's looking for his parents
the ducks in Central Park
two kids on a seesaw
Phoebe with her math homework
26
The story is told from the background of
a boarding school in Europe
D.B.'s home in California
Pencey Prep
a hospital
27
Luce tells Holden that he needs a steady girlfriend.
false
true

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