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The Catcher in the Rye
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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
What does Holden have trouble doing?
Connecting with people
Drinking
Smoking
Dancing
2
What did Allie write on his baseball glove?
The names of girls he liked
Bible verses
Poems
Baseball stats
3
Where is Holden while he is writing the story?
In prison
In a writing class
In church
In a rest home
4
What question plagues Holden throughout the book?
Which came first: the chicken, or the egg?
Where do the ducks in Central Park go in the winter?
Who killed FDR?
Would aliens be less phony?
5
What was D.B. like when he was home from the Army on furlough?
He wanted to go back
He simply lay in his bed staring at the ceiling
He was happy to be home
He went to the pool everyday
6
What does Holden give to Phoebe when he visits the family apartment?
An album he bought for her
A loaf of rye bread
His red hunting hat
Magic beans
7
What does Stradlater ask Holden to do for him while he's out on his date?
Write a compostition for him describing a room
Write a composition about a personal memory
Do his laundry
Do his math homework
8
Holden experiences a moment of intense joy in the park when he watches Phoebe do what?
Roller-skate
Feed the ducks
Taunt the lions
Ride the carousel
9
What or who is the "Catcher in the Rye"?
Holden's father
None of the above
Holden's dream job
Phoebe's stuffed animal
10
Who sits next to Holden on the train?
His old friend Sally Hayes
The headmaster's daughter
Luce, a grad student at Columbia
The mother of one of Holden's classmates
11
What does Holden NOT do in New York?
Smoke a disgusting amount of cigarettes
Go from place to place trying to interact with people
Call up multiple people
Get a job
12
Why does Ackley annoy Holden?
He always snaps people with his towel after taking a shower
He's really smart and always showing off his good grades.
He has a really high, screechy voice and always makes messes
He has really, really bad personal hygiene
13
Whom does Holden call in the middle of the night from his house?
Mr. Antolini, his old English teacher, whom he liked
An ambulance, because he feels like he might passt out
Stradlater, whom he never said goodbye to
Luce's father who is a psychoanalyst
14
In the beginning of the novel, where is Holden?
Home for Christmas break
In his dorm
In some sort of psychiatric unit
At a football game
15
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
There is a particularly good half time show
There is a mandatory attendance
It's the popular first game against a school rival
16
What happened to Holden's brother Allie?
He was sent to juvie.
He had a sudden heart-attack.
He was in a terrible car crash.
He died of leukemia.
17
Who says... “Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.” ?
Holden's roomate, Stradlater
Mr. Spencer, Holden's history teacher
Holden
Ackley, Holden's neighbor
18
Who is Jane Gallagher?
A Prostitute
None of the above
Holden's girlfriend
An old friend of Holden
19
Why did Holden miss his brother's funeral?
He got the days mixed up.
He had a test he couldn't miss.
He was in the hospital after breaking the garage windows.
He was with a prostitute.
20
What is the reason for Holden leaving his school?
He failed most of his classes
He was expelled for destruction of school property.
He's moving
He was expelled for fighting
21
Holden wonders about which animals in Central Park?
Dogs
Goats
Ducks
Squirrels
22
Where does Holden go once he gets to the city?
To a seedy hotel called the Edmont
Straight home to talk to Phoebe
He sleeps on a park bench
Right to his old English teacher's apartment
23
What is Holden afraid will happen?
He will become a phony
He will be poor
He will fall off the sidewalk
He will disappear
24
What does the elevator operator offer Holden?
None of the above
Drugs
Money
A Prostitute
25
What does Holden's brother D.B. do for a living?
He's a Hollywood writer.
He's a headmaster at a school.
He's a pitcher.
He's a zookeeper.
26
When Phoebe accuses Holden of hating everything, what does he claim to like?
Allie
School
Pretty girls
Phoebe
27
Why does Holden get beat up in the hotel room?
He insulted the bell boy, with a particularly raunchy joke
He stole the next room's "USA Today"
He didn't pay a hooker
He laughs at a man who plays the harmonica with his nose
28
Who is Mr. Antolini?
A neighbor
A dog
An English teacher from a school Holden used to attend
A psychotherapist
29
What happened to the fencing equipment in New York?
The team left it in a taxi
It was stolen
Holden sold it at a pawn ship in New York
He left it all on the subway
30
Why does Holden decide to punch Stradlater?
Stradlater attacked Holden first
Stradlater refused to answer the question about his date
Stradlater was teasing Holden
Stradlater brags about his date with Jane
31
Why does Holden run out of the apartment in the middle of the 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.
He decides to get on a bus to Maine that night.
32
What's the name of the school that Holden was attending during the course of telling his story?
Elkton Hills
Pencey Prep
The Whooton School
Don Bosco High
