Catcher in the Rye

Question 1

Who does Holden meet on the train?

Accepted Answer

The mother of a student at Pencey

Question 2

What does Holden’s mental health look like in chapter 25 (select all that apply)?

Accepted Answer

It looks like he’s at the lowest point of his life, He is spiraling more and more

Question 3

What does Holden suggesting to go away to Sally reveal about him?

Accepted Answer

It shows how desperate he is to get away from his reality

Question 4

What is a big theme shown in chapter 14?

Accepted Answer

isolation, loneliness

Question 5

Where does Holden go after talking with Phoebe?

Accepted Answer

Mr. Antolini’s house

Question 6

What does Holden decide to do at the end of Chapter 7?

Accepted Answer

Leave and go to New York

Question 7

What does Holden give Phoebe before he leaves?

Accepted Answer

His hunting hat

Question 8

What does his conversation with Carl reveal about Holden?

Accepted Answer

His immaturity

Question 9

What gets on Holden’s nerves about Ackley?

Accepted Answer

His habit of clipping his nails on the floor

Question 10

How is Ackley described?

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Unhygienic and peculiar

Question 11

What does Holden’s conversation with the nuns say about him?

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It reveals a more generous and caring side of him

Question 12

How did Phoebe react when she saw Holden?

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Overjoyed at first but then concerned

Question 13

How did Jane and Holden meet?

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They were neighbors

Question 14

What happens in the hotel elevator?

Accepted Answer

Holden hires a prostitute from a guy in the elevator

Question 15

How does Holden feel at the beginning of chapter 12?

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Sad and lonely

Question 16

Who did Holden meet at Ernie’s

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This girl his brother used to go around with

Question 17

Where is Holden in the final chapter?

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Mental institution

Question 18

How does he describe Stradlater (choose all that apply)?

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Secret slob, Confident and in love with himself

Question 19

What does Holden think about the Edmont Hotel? (Choose all that apply)

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Finds it sketchy, Full of perverts

Question 20

Where does Holden go at the start of chapter 21?

Accepted Answer

His house

Question 21

What does Holden open up about?

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His brother’s death

Question 22

What does Holden think of the war movies?

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He finds them phony and depressing

Question 23

Why did Holden get kicked out of Pency?

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He was flunking four subjects

Question 24

What is the significance of Holden talking to Allie (choose all that apply)?

Accepted Answer

It shows that he deeply misses him and often turns to him, It is a coping mechanism

Question 25

Who does Holden meet up with in the end of chapter 18?

Accepted Answer

Carl Luce

Question 26

Why does Holden visit Mr. Spencer?

Accepted Answer

Mr. Spencer wants to talk to him before he leaves

Question 27

What is the outcome of the fight?

Accepted Answer

Stradlater punches him and gives him a bloody nose

Question 28

How does Phoebe react when Holden tells her he’s going away?

Accepted Answer

She insists on going with him

Question 29

Who does Holden talk to in the Lavendar Room?

Accepted Answer

Three women who are tourists

Question 30

What does Holden think of Carl Luce?

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He is intellectual and very confident

Question 31

What does Holden lie about to Mrs. Morrow? (Choose all that apply)

Accepted Answer

What Holden thinks abt her son, His name

Question 32

Who does Holden call when he gets to New York?

Accepted Answer

No one

Question 33

Why does Holden leave Mr. Antolini’s apartment so quickly?

Accepted Answer

He wakes up to him patting his head

Question 34

What does his interaction with Sunny reveal about Holden?

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He craves emotional and genuine connection

Question 35

What is his attitude at the end of the chapter?

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Calm and reflective

Question 36

How does Holden feel at the end of chapter 20?

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He still feels depressed and lonelier

Question 37

What does Holden think of Mr. Antolini?

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As an intellectual and looks up to him

Question 38

Where does Holden go in the middle of the night (Chapter 20) ?

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The park

Question 39

How does Holden describe his sister Phoebe?

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affectionate, smart, and really likes her

Question 40

His brother, D.B., was a writer

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

What did Holden want to get for Phoebe?

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A record

Question 42

What does Holden write Stradlater’s composition about?

Accepted Answer

His brother’s baseball glove

Question 43

What question did Phoebe ask him that he had a hard time answering?

Accepted Answer

“Name one thing you like”

Question 44

What does chapter 16 reveal about Holden?

Accepted Answer

How lonely and depressed he really feels

Question 45

Who does Holden encounter in Chapter 15?

Accepted Answer

Nuns

Question 46

What does Mr. Spencer read aloud to Holden?

Accepted Answer

His history essay

Question 47

What does Holden tells us about Jane?

Accepted Answer

Tells us how they met and their connection

Question 48

Who wrote the poem that Phoebe and Holden talk about in chapter 22?

Accepted Answer

Robert Burns

Question 49

Why does Holden feel nervous about Stradlater’s date?

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It’s with a girl he knows and care about

Question 50

What happens when Stradlater’s comes back from his date?

Accepted Answer

Holden starts arguing with him and they end up in a fight

Question 51

Who did Holden go on a date with (chapter 17)?

Accepted Answer

Sally

Question 52

Where does Holden go after the fight?

Accepted Answer

Ackley’s room

Catcher in the Rye

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Catcher in the Rye

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