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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Holding hands with Jane
A red hunting hat
The Secret Goldfish
A mental hospital

2. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Grand
Her Christmas money
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

3. Phoebe chastises Holden because - in her mind - he

4. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Holden's dream job
Holden's dream job
A red hunting hat

5. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
See the Lunts
Jane Gallagher
Gary Cooper
Holding hands with Jane

6. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Jane Gallagher
Benedict Arnold
The 39 Steps

7. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
The Secret Goldfish
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

8. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
To a matinee and a skating rink
Grand
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

9. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
A prostitute
Vicks Nose Drops
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
His razor

10. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
Doesn't like anything
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Benedict Arnold
The ducks

11. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
To a matinee and a skating rink
Holden's dream job
Grand

12. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Sunny
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
A prostitute

13. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
See the Lunts
The ducks
'Secret slob'
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

14. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Doesn't like anything
The Secret Goldfish
See the Lunts
Ossenburger

15. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
A red hunting hat
Grand
His razor
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'

16. In what month does the novel take place?
December
Sunny
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
The 39 Steps

17. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Ossenburger
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.

18. What or who is the 'catcher in the rye'?

19. What or who is the 'catcher in the rye'?

20. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Sunny
His baseball glove
To a matinee and a skating rink
Allie Caulfield

21. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

22. Holden was forced to return early to school from New York because...

23. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Doesn't like anything
Play checkers
Vicks Nose Drops

24. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
Vicks Nose Drops
A mental hospital
His baseball glove
Benedict Arnold

25. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Joining a monastery
Leukemia
A prostitute

26. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
Vicks Nose Drops
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Vicks Nose Drops
His razor

27. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
Joining a monastery
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
His baseball glove
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.

28. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
See the Lunts
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
His razor

29. Holden was forced to return early to school from New York because...

30. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Sunny
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Vicks Nose Drops

31. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
A mental hospital
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Two nuns
To a matinee and a skating rink

32. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Sunny
A poem by Robert Burns
Her Christmas money
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.

33. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
His razor
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Joining a monastery

34. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
A red hunting hat
The Secret Goldfish
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
December

35. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

36. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
December
The 39 Steps
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.

37. How did Allie die?
His baseball glove
Jane Gallagher
Leukemia
To a matinee and a skating rink

38. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Vicks Nose Drops
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
He has prematurely graying hair.
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

39. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
Her Christmas money
Two nuns
Vicks Nose Drops
Holding hands with Jane

40. Where does the title of the novel come from
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
A poem by Robert Burns
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

41. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
Pencey Prep
Holden's dream job
See the Lunts
He has prematurely graying hair.

42. Where does the title of the novel come from
Holding hands with Jane
A poem by Robert Burns
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Joining a monastery

43. What is D.B.'s profession?
Hollywood screenwriter
Play checkers
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'

44. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
He has prematurely graying hair.
A red hunting hat
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

45. Holden claims he can't sleep with Sunny because...

46. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Gary Cooper
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Doesn't like anything

47. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Benedict Arnold
Gary Cooper
See the Lunts
Sunny

48. Which of the following things does Holden NOT like?

49. Holden tries to punch Stradlater immediately after...

50. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Her Christmas money
Play checkers
Ward Stradlater
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield