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1
Who does Holden try to contact at the Lavender Room?
Three women from Seattle
Phoebe
A college friend
A former teacher
2
What kind of movie does Holden watch?
C) A comedy
D) A cartoon
B) A romance
A) A war movie
3
Why does Holden call Mr. Antolini?
B) He wants a job
C) He wants to see Jane
A) He needs advice
D) He’s bored
4
What topic do they discuss?
A) Movies
B) Literature (Romeo and Juliet)
D) Music
C) Religion
5
What advice does Mr. Antolini give Holden?
C) To confront his parents
D) To see a doctor
B) To run away
A) Education is important
6
Who does Holden meet at the Wicker Bar?
A) Phoebe
D) Maurice
C) D.B.
B) Carl Luce
7
Who does Holden meet after leaving Pencey Prep and feeling depressed?
C) A teacher he admires
D) A student from a different school
A) A woman on a train
B) A hotel bellboy
8
Why does Holden leave Mr. Antolini’s apartment suddenly?
C) He misses Phoebe
B) He wakes to find Mr. Antolini touching him
D) He hears a noise
A) He gets in a fight
9
How does Holden sneak into his apartment?
A) Through the back door
D) Waits for his parents to leave
B) Quietly while his parents sleep
C) Pretends to be a visitor
10
What happens during Holden’s date with Sally?
B) He insults her
A) He proposes they get married
D) They reconnect emotionally
C) Both A & B
11
What is Holden’s reaction to Sunny?
B) He feels nervous and ashamed
C) He kicks her out immediately
A) He becomes violent
D) He talks about Allie
12
What assignment does Holden help Stradlater with in Chapter 2?
C) A science experiment
A) A book report
B) A composition about a baseball glove
D) A math homework
13
What does Holden do after the bar?
C) Talks to Mr. Spencer
D) Calls Jane
A) Goes home
B) Wanders drunk in the park
14
What does Phoebe try to give Holden?
A) A gift
B) Her Christmas money
C) A note
D) A book
15
What happens when Maurice returns?
A) He gives Holden money
C) He apologizes
B) He punches Holden
D) He brings police
16
What is Holden’s opinion on the people at Pencey Prep?
D) He finds them overly smart
C) He thinks they are all phony
A) He respects most of them
B) He finds them mostly decent
17
What does Phoebe want to do?
B) Tell their parents
D) Hide in her room
A) Run away with Holden
C) Go to a party
18
What does Holden criticize about Mr. Spencer’s teaching style?
A) He is too strict
C) He tries to be too friendly
D) He teaches irrelevant topics
B) He is too dull and boring
19
How does Holden describe his younger sister, Phoebe?
Dumb but sweet
Smart and affectionate
Moody and distant
Outgoing but forgetful
20
Who is Holden desperate to see?
A) Phoebe
D) Stradlater
B) Allie
C) D.B.
21
What is his reaction to the movie?
B) He finds it phony
C) He wants to be in one
A) He enjoys it
D) He sleeps through it
22
What is Holden’s relationship with his roommate, Ward Stradlater?
A) They are close friends
D) They are childhood friends
B) They are roommates but don’t get along
C) They don’t interact much
23
What is Phoebe’s reaction to Holden’s expulsion?
C) She doesn’t care
B) She’s disappointed and angry
D) She tells their parents
A) She’s excited
24
What does Holden fear as he walks through NYC?
C) That he’ll see Jane
B) That he’ll disappear
D) That he’s being watched
A) That he will be followed
25
Who does Holden meet on the train to New York?
Mrs. Morrow, the mother of a classmate
A teacher from Pencey
His old girlfriend
A stranger reading the newspaper
26
What is the tone of their conversation?
C) Awkward and uncomfortable
B) Emotional
A) Friendly
D) Humorous
27
What happens during the fight between Holden and Stradlater?
B) Holden punches Stradlater
A) They both walk away without a word
C) Stradlater knocks Holden out
D) They apologize to each other immediately
28
Why does Holden criticize Stradlater after his date with Jane Gallagher?
A) He was rude to her
D) He didn’t talk to her enough
B) He was not respectful with her
C) He ignored her completely
29
What is Holden’s favorite place to visit in New York City?
C) The Empire State Building
D) The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A) The Museum of Natural History
B) Central Park
30
What song does Holden hear a child singing?
C) “If a body catch a body coming through the rye”
D) Jingle Bells
B) America the Beautiful
A) Twinkle Twinkle
31
What does Holden do after Sunny leaves?
C) Goes back out
D) Starts reading
A) Talks to Allie
B) Calls Phoebe
32
Where is Holden at the end of the novel?
D) Europe
A) Jail
B) His home
C) A mental institution or rest home
33
Who does he imagine talking to?
C) Sally
D) Phoebe
B) Allie
A) His mom
34
What does Holden struggle with during Chapter 7?
C) His constant need to be around others
D) The idea of going back home
B) A failing grade in history
A) His emotions and loneliness
35
What does Holden do with the nuns?
B) Has breakfast and donates money
A) Argues with them
C) Lies about his identity
D) Avoids them
36
Who does he go to see
C) D.B.
D) Mr. Antolini
B) His mom
A) Phoebe
37
What lie does Holden tell Mrs. Morrow about her son?
That he’s the most popular boy at Pencey
That he’s the school’s best football player
That he’s student body president
That he’s been expelled
38
How does Holden feel about Jane?
He feels protective and nostalgic
He thinks she’s phony
He wants revenge on her
He doesn’t care about her anymore
39
What metaphor does Holden explain in this chapter?
D) Ducks in the lagoon
B) Catcher in the rye
C) War is hell
A) Life is a game
40
What is the main reason Holden Caulfield starts his narrative in the novel?
A) To explain why he was expelled from Pencey Prep
D) To talk about his favorite books
B) To share his life story
C) To complain about his family
41
Where does Holden go in Chapter 12 late at night?
B) Jane Gallagher
D) His parents
C) Mr. Antolini
A) Maurice and Sunny
42
What memories does Holden have about Jane Gallagher?
They used to smoke together
She helped him cheat on homework
They used to play checkers
She was his first kiss
43
Why doesn’t Holden call anyone once he gets to New York?
He’s waiting until morning
He loses his phone
He’s afraid his parents will find out
He doesn’t feel like talking to anyone
44
What odd question does Holden ask the taxi driver?
If he likes Pencey Prep
If he knows a good bar
If he believes in ghosts
Where the ducks go in the winter
45
Who is Allie, and why is he important to Holden?
C) His younger brother who passed away
D) His cousin who is very close to him
A) His childhood friend who moved away
B) His older brother who passed away
46
How does Holden describe his feelings toward his history teacher, Mr. Spencer?
C) He finds him annoying
D) He dislikes him but respects him
B) He feels sorry for him
A) He admires him
47
What does this scene reveal about Holden?
C) He’s over Jane
D) He is emotionally stable
A) He is ready for love
B) He fears commitment and is impulsive
48
Why does Holden leave Pencey Prep?
B) He fails all of his classes
C) He feels isolated and rejected
A) He gets into another fight
D) He is expelled again
49
Who does Holden describe as the “biggest phonies” at Pencey Prep?
C) His classmates
B) The Headmaster
A) Teachers
D) The football players
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How does Holden feel about telling his story?
D) He wants others to do the same
C) He wants to write a book
B) He’s unsure, but glad he did
A) He regrets it
