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