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Catcher in the Rye
Catcher in the Rye
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1
What does Horwitz, the cabby, get angry at Holden about?
Anti-semitism.
Ducks.
Crime.
Pigeons.
2
What does Holden say about the guys at Pencey?
He hates them.
He thinks they are like everyone else in the world.
He wishes they were there with him.
He actually kind of misses them.
3
What does Holden's obsessive search for company reveal?
Holden's deep loneliness.
Holden's social nature.
Holden's insomnia.
The onset of Holden's pneumonia
4
Who does Holden think should have sex?
Couples who care a lot about each other.
Teens experimenting with casual sex.
Only married couples.
Men and prostitutes.
5
Whose phoniness does Holden fail to see?
His parents'
His own.
Phoebe's.
Mr. Antolini's
6
What does Stradlater do when Holden keeps provoking him?
Leaves the room.
Refuses to say or do anything.
Hugs Holden.
Punches Holden
7
Why does Holden regret his initial assumption that Mr. Antolini tried to molest him?
He realises he often makes hasty judgements about people.
He would have slept better if he had stayed.
He understands that Mr. Antolini was making a cry for help.
Because Mr. Antolini is going to get into trouble with the police.
8
What does Holden finally say when Phoebe presses him to name one thing he really likes?
Going to the movies.
Allie.
Singing.
Jane.
9
Once back in New York, the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is ...?
Faith Cavendish.
A cab driver.
Carl Luce.
Sally Hayes
10
Why does Ackley annoy Holden?
Really bad hygiene, asks annoying questions, messes with his things.
High, screechy voice, spills food and drink on Holden's bed.
He's smart but always bragging about his grades.
Snaps people with his towel after he gets out of the shower.
11
Why does Holden run out of Mr. Antolini's apartment in the middle of the night?
Freaks out when he wakes up and Mr. Antolini is stroking his hair.
He's ill and wants to check into a hospital.
He decides to catch the bus to Maine that very night.
Awakes in panic, wants to confess to his parents immediately.
12
Why does Holden call his brother D.B. a prostitute?
Because he lives in Hollywood writing for the movie industry.
Because he writes best sellers.
Because he works as a male escort.
Because he became an actor and lives in Hollywood.
13
What does Mr. Antolini think is about to happen to Holden?
He is about to achieve great things.
He's going to get into a lit of trouble with his parents.
He thinks he is in for a major psychological fall.
He is going to become a great philosopher.
14
What does Holden decide while he is in Ackley's room?
To call his parents and tell them what's going on.
To beg old Thurmer to let him stay.
To apologise to Stradlater.
That he will leave school that night and head into the city.
15
What does Stradlater ask Holden to do for him while he is out on his date?
Write a composition for him describing a room.
Do his math homework.
Write a composition about a personal memory.
Do his laundry.
16
What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
A pair of winter mittens
A hound's tooth jacket.
A skater's scarf.
A red hunting hat.
17
What happens when Holden's parents come home?
Parents discover him in the closet, but are relieved he is at home.
They see Holden and get really angry with him.
He leaves via the fire escape and climbs down to the street.
Hides in the closet, then gives Phoebe his hat, borrows her money & leaves.
18
What is it Holden imagines when he hears "If a body catch a body coming through the rye"?
Walking in the street, along the curb, cars race past, honking horns.
Running off to become a farmer in Maine or Vermont.
Standing at the edge of a cliff, catching children in danger.
Being a little kid, playing in a field of rye.
19
Who does Holden call from the hotel after spying on people in the other rooms?
His parents
Faith Cavendish - possibly a promiscuous girl - he has her number.
Phoebe - his sister.
Jane, the girl with whom he had previously played checkers.
20
What does Holden's red hunting cap symbolise?
Rebirth and renewal.
Holden's ability to focus.
Holden's desire to be different.
Confusion.
21
Where does Holden go once he gets to the city?
Checks into a seedy hotel called the Edmont.
Checks his bags at Grand Central and sleeps on a park bench.
Straight home to talk to Phoebe.
Straight to his former English teacher's apartment.
22
Holden was forced to return early to school from New York because ...?
He needed to see Mr Spencer.
His parents caught him in their apartment
He desperately wanted to see the final football game.
He lost the fencing team's equipment.
23
What does the 'phony' war movie Holden sees make him think about?
Thinks about how he hates war & about D.B. in the army in WWII .
Thinks he'd be good at combat.
Thinks about all the lives lost in WWII, the epitaphs on soldiers' graves,
Wants to enlist - because he understands real bravery.
24
Holden wonders about the fate of which creatures in Central Park?
The ducks in the lagoon.
The squirrels in the Sheep Meadow.
The feral dogs roaming the Nature Preserve.
The goats in the Children's Zoo.
25
What does Stradlater think of the essay Holden wrote for him?
He's angry that it is written in rhyme.
He expects to get a high grade for it.
Loves it, begs Holden to write another essay for him.
Hates it, complains that it is about the wrong subject.
26
In what state is Mr. Antolini when Holden arrives at his house?
He has woken him up.
Dressed for the theatre.
It is apparent he has been drinking.
Sitting in an armchair, wrapped in a blanket, suffering with the flu.
27
What does Mr. Spencer tell Holden?
Lectures him about failing because he does not apply himself.
To trust his own instincts.
He tells him stories of when he was a young boy at Pencey Prep.
Not to worry so much, and everything will be fine.
28
What fond memory does Holden recall while he is watching the Rockettes' Christmas Show?
How he and Allie loved the kettle drum player at these shows.
How Allie was a great kettle drum player.
Singing songs on cross-country drives with his family.
The summer he interned with an orchestra.
29
What do Brossard, Ackley and Holden end up doing when they take the bus into town?
They eat burgers.
They go for a walk on the beach.
They steal a car.
They go to the movies.
30
What happened to the fencing equipment in New York?
It was stolen.
Holden left it all on the subway.
Holden sold it at a pawn shop in New York.
The team left it on a bus.
31
How did Mr. Antolini gain Holden's trust?
By being unconventional and encouraging.
By making it clear to Holden that he is attracted to him.
By offering Holden a drink.
By sharing his private journals.
32
What is the name of the school Holden is attending at the start of the novel?
The Whooton School
Pencey Prep
Don Bosco College
Elkton Hills Prep
33
Why is Holden so worried about Stradlater's date with Jane?
He's worried he won't get a chance to say goodbye to Stradlater.
He's worried Stradlater will make a fool of himself.
He's worried about possible intimacy between Stradlater and Jane.
Doesn't want Stradlater to mention that they know each other.
34
According to Holden, he knew he was happy when he was ...?
Fooling 'phonies' with elaborate lies.
Holding hands with Jane.
Listening to Ernie play piano.
Writing essays for Mr Spencer.
35
What does Holden ask Luce a lot of questions about at the Wicked Bar?
Advice on how to deal with his parents.
All about Columbia and the college experience.
Where the ducks in Central Park go during winter.
Sex, girls and psychoanalysis.
36
Why did Holden miss Allie's funeral?
He was in hospital recovering from leukemia.
Stayed home to study - didn't want to be kicked out of another school.
He refused to leave the house.
In hospital for his hand - hurt when he punched out the garage windows.
37
Contrasting him with the annoying and sloppy Ackley, Holden describes Stradlater as ...?
A nice, clean roommate.
An anal-retentive neat-freak.
A guy whose mess you don't mind.
A secret slob.
38
What do Holden and Sally think of the show they see starring the Lunts?
Holden thinks the show is pretentious. Sally loves it.
Holden finds it interesting. Sally is bored to tears.
Holden thinks it is the first smart thing he has seen. Sally agrees.
Holden hated the show. Sally does too.
39
What does Holden tell the woman on the train about Ernest?
The truth - that he is an obnoxious kid.
Lies - tells her how modest and popular he is.
Tells her that Ernest was kicked out of Pencey Prep.
Says he does not know him.
40
Why does Holden think Sally wants to go ice-skating?
Because Sally is a gifted ice-skater.
Because she knows how well Holden skates.
So she can show off that she is out with Holden.
So she can wear a short skating skirt.
41
Holden claims he cannot sleep with Sunny because ...?
He has just had an operation on his 'clavichord'.
He loves her too much.
He is a virgin.
He is mourning the death of his mother.
42
According to Holden, what is the problem with talking to people about your life?
They give bad advice.
You scare them off.
They don't get what you are saying.
You start to miss people.
43
What does Phoebe help the reader understand about Holden?
Holden is deeply sad and has difficulty maturing.
Holden is mean to her.
Holden is not really so messed up.
Holden constantly tells lies and makes false promises.
44
What does Holden call people he thinks are superficial?
Champs.
Stradlaters.
Phonies.
Flits
45
Holden tries to punch Stradlater immediately after ...?
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Stradlater suddenly attacks him.
Stradlater rips Holden's hound's-tooth jacket.
Stradlater brags about his sexual conquests.
46
Name the author of
Catcher in the Rye.
William Faulkner
John Steinbeck
J D Salinger
Mark Twain
47
What was Holden's relationship with Jane?
They dated off and on, but were never serious abut each other.
They had dated for years, but had a terrible break up.
He loved Jane passionately, but she was indifferent to him.
Became good friends one summer. Holden was attracted to her.
48
What does Holden think about his sister Phoebe?
Thinks she's pretty smart, likeable, nice and funny.
Worries that she is sickly and might die like Allie.
Afraid she will become a promiscuous teenager.
She is annoying, immature and whiney.
49
Why does Holden flee from the nightclub?
He sees his parents across the room.
He feels dizzy and his nose starts bleeding.
He can't get Mr. Spencer's lecture out of his head.
He runs into Lillian Simmons, who annoys him.
50
Whom does Holden phone in the middle of the night while he is at home?
An ambulance because he thought he might pass out.
Luce's father, a psychoanalyst who might be able to help him.
Stradlater to whom he had not said goodbye when he left Pencey.
Mr. Antolini, his former English teacher whom he liked.
51
Why does Phoebe have a suitcase with her when she meets Holden?
She has brought Holden's suitcase from Grand Central.
She wants to run away with Holden, but he won't let her.
She has brought Holden some of his clothes from home.
She wants to teach Holden a lesson.
52
Why has Holden been kicked out of Pencey Prep?
For flunking too many classes.
For bullying a boy named James Castle.
For destroying school property.
For losing the fencing equipment.
53
What does Holden buy for Phoebe?
A book titled 'Out of Africa'.
An autographed photograph of Robert Donat.
A pair of yellow shoes.
A reord titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
54
What do Holden and the nuns talk about?
Romeo and Juliet.
Sin and redemption.
The movies
The Great Gatsby.
55
Whose death torments Holden?
The death of his younger brother, Allie.
The thought of his own death one day.
The death of Mr. Spencer, his history teacher at Pencey Prep.
The death of his older brother, D.B..
56
When the novel begins, Holden describes...?
Taking a train to New York
Riding a carousel in Central Park
Recuperating in a tuberculosis rest home.
Watching a football game
57
As Holden predicted, Sally is excited to ...?
Listen to 'Little Shirley Beans'.
Openly discuss their problems and emotions.
See the Lunts.
Talk about their futures.
58
Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine', she always signs her name as ...?
Phoebe Benedict Arnold Caulfield.
Phoebe Allie Caulfield.
Phoebe 'Mad Dog' Caulfield.
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield.
59
To whom does Holden speak every time he crosses the street the day after leaving Mr. Antolini's house?
Allie.
The first passerby he sees.
Cabbies
A little boy walking along the curb.
60
What does the little boy sing as he walks in the street?
Tomorrow.
If a body catch a body coming through the rye.
Little Shirley Beans.
Somewhere over the rainbow.
61
The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden ...?
Movie tickets.
A prostitute.
Complimentary breakfast.
Drugs.
62
What happened to James Castle when the boys tormented him?
He fell into a coma and had to be taken to hospital.
He climbed out a window and down a tree.
He jumped out a window, died trying to get away from them.
He retracted what he said about the conceited boy.
63
Phoebe chastises Holden because, in her mind, he ...?
Dates terrible women.
Is too nice.
Smokes too many cigarettes.
Doesn't like anything.
64
Where has Holden been while recounting the story of what happened to him?
Convalescing in a recovery home.
At a payphone talking with Jane.
In the Pencey Prep Headmaster's office.
Riding around Central Park in a taxi.
65
How does Holden know Stradlater's date, Jane?
Jane is Holden's sister.
They played checkers together one summer.
They were next door neighbours growing up.
Holden dated Jane when he was at his old school.
66
What is on Allie's baseball mitt?
Stickers.
Tape.
Doodles.
Poems.
67
According to Holden, what was the best thing about The Museum of Natural History?
Everything always stayed right where it was.
No goddam phonies ever went there.
The birds look exactly like the ducks in the lagoon.
This one crazy Indian always reminded him of Allie.
68
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.
69
How did Holden's younger brother, Allie, die?
His bother D.B. accidentally shot him.
Leukemia.
A sudden heart attack.
A terrible car accident.
70
What disturbs Holden at Phoebe's school?
One of Phoebe's notebooks he finds on the stairs.
He sees a teacher hit a student.
The rude kids he encounters.
The graffiti expletive written on the school wall.
