Catcher in the Rye Review 1

Question 1

What does Holden yells as loud as he can as he's leaving Pencey for the last time?

Accepted Answer

"Goodnight ya morons!"

Question 2

What was D.B. like when he was home from the Army on furlough?

Accepted Answer

He simply lay in his bed staring at the ceiling

Question 3

What does Holden think about when Phoebe asks him what he likes?

Accepted Answer

James Castle & the nuns

Question 4

Why does Holden decide to punch Stradlater?

Accepted Answer

Stradlater refused to answer the question about his date

Question 5

What symbolizes Holden's acceptance that you cannot prevent someone from growing up?

Accepted Answer

The Carousel

Question 6

What does Holden's brother D.B. do for a living?

Accepted Answer

He's a Hollywood writer.

Question 7

Who says... “Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.” ?

Accepted Answer

Mr. Spencer, Holden's history teacher

Question 8

What happened to the fencing equipment in New York?

Accepted Answer

He left it all on the subway

Question 9

What symbolizes Holden's desire to be an individual?

Accepted Answer

His hat

Question 10

What question plagues Holden throughout the book?

Accepted Answer

Where do the ducks in Central Park go in the winter?

Question 11

What or who is the "Catcher in the Rye"?

Accepted Answer

Holden's dream job

Question 12

What does Holden tease Jane about?

Accepted Answer

She never moves her kings in checkers

Question 13

What did Allie write on his baseball glove?

Accepted Answer

Poems

Question 14

What does Mr. Spencer tell Holden about life?

Accepted Answer

It's a game

Question 15

This symbolizes Holden's desire that things stay the same and never change

Accepted Answer

The Museum of Natural History

Question 16

What do Mal, Ackley, and Holden end up doing when they take the bus into town?

Accepted Answer

Eating burgers

Question 17

What advice does Mr. Antollini give Holden?

Accepted Answer

To live humbly for a cause rather than die for one

Question 18

Who is Mr. Antolini?

Accepted Answer

An English teacher from a school Holden used to attend

Question 19

What does the elevator operator offer Holden?

Accepted Answer

A Prostitute

Question 20

What happened to Holden's brother Allie?

Accepted Answer

He died of leukemia.

Question 21

Where does Holden go once he gets to the city?

Accepted Answer

To a seedy hotel called the Edmont

Question 22

Holden experiences a moment of intense joy in the park when he watches Phoebe do what?

Accepted Answer

Ride the carousel

Question 23

What is the reason for Holden leaving his school?

Accepted Answer

He failed most of his classes

Question 24

What is the name of the book of short stories that Holden's brother D.B. wrote?

Accepted Answer

The Secret Goldfish

Question 25

Why does Holden run out of the apartment in the middle of the night?

Accepted Answer

He’s freaked out when Mr. Antolini strokes his hair.

Question 26

Finish the quote: "Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do _______."

Accepted Answer

"you start missing everybody."

Question 27

When Phoebe accuses Holden of hating everything, what does he claim to like?

Accepted Answer

Allie

Question 28

Holden dreams about being the "catcher in the rye" because:

Accepted Answer

He wants to protect children's innocence

Question 29

Which character refuses to "answer typical Caulfield questions" when they meet for a drink?

Accepted Answer

Carl Luce

Question 30

Why is everyone at the football game that Holden watches from the top of the hill?

Accepted Answer

It's the popular last game against a school rival

Question 31

Holden wonders about which animals in Central Park?

Accepted Answer

Ducks

Question 32

Why does Ackley annoy Holden?

Accepted Answer

He has really, really bad personal hygiene

Question 33

Who does Holden call from the hotel room after spying on people in the others rooms?

Accepted Answer

Faith Cavendish, a girl whose number he has

Question 34

Who sits next to Holden on the train?

Accepted Answer

The mother of one of Holden's classmates

Question 35

What does Allie have written in his baseball mitt?

Accepted Answer

Poetry

Question 36

Holden claims he can't stand it when people have cheap _____________.

Accepted Answer

Suitcases

Question 37

Where is the duck pond Holden is so curious about located?

Accepted Answer

Central Park

Question 38

Why did Holden miss his brother's funeral?

Accepted Answer

He was in the hospital after breaking the garage windows.

Question 39

Holden claims that Ward Stradlater:

Accepted Answer

Is a secret slob

Question 40

Who is Jane Gallagher?

Accepted Answer

An old friend of Holden

Question 41

Whom does Holden call in the middle of the night from his house?

Accepted Answer

Mr. Antolini, his old English teacher, whom he liked

Question 42

What does Stradlater ask Holden to do for him while he's out on his date?

Accepted Answer

Write a compostition for him describing a room

Question 43

Who does Holden dance and drink (a coke) with in the hotel bar?

Accepted Answer

A groups of girls visiting from out of town

Question 44

This is the place where Holden dances with Bernice and her two friends

Accepted Answer

Lavender Room

Question 45

What does Holden give to Phoebe when he visits the family apartment?

Accepted Answer

An album he bought for her

Question 46

In the beginning of the novel, where is Holden?

Accepted Answer

In some sort of psychiatric unit

Question 47

What's the name of the school that Holden was attending during the course of telling his story?

Accepted Answer

Pencey Prep

Question 48

Where is Holden while he is writing the story?

Accepted Answer

In a rest home

Question 49

Why does Holden get beat up in the hotel room?

Accepted Answer

He didn't pay a hooker

Question 50

What is the name of the cab driver that gets annoyed by Holden's question about the ducks?

Accepted Answer

Horwitz

Question 51

Who is the character that the Holden claims is "Queen of the Phonies"?

Accepted Answer

Sally Hayes

Question 52

Why does Holden flee from the nightclub?

Accepted Answer

Because he runs into Lillian Simmons, who annoys him.

Question 53

Which is not a prep-school that Holden attended?

Accepted Answer

Choate

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