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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. What school did Holden get expelled from?
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Pencey Prep
A red hunting hat
Doesn't like anything

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

3. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Holden's dream job
Pacifist
'Secret slob'
Likes Romeo and Juliet

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

5. How did Allie die?
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Doesn't like anything
Leukemia
The 39 Steps

6. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Doesn't like anything
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Ward Stradlater
He has prematurely graying hair.

7. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
The Secret Goldfish
Ward Stradlater
A poem by Robert Burns
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8. In what month does the novel take place?
His razor
Gary Cooper
December
A poem by Robert Burns

9. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
The ducks
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Play checkers
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

10. In what month does the novel take place?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
December
Ward Stradlater

11. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

12. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
His baseball glove
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Holding hands with Jane
To a matinee and a skating rink

13. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
Pacifist
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
The 39 Steps
A prostitute

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

15. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
Allie Caulfield
A cab driver
Hollywood screenwriter
December

16. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
The 39 Steps
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Holding hands with Jane

17. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Benedict Arnold
Ossenburger
Two nuns

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

19. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Joining a monastery
Holden's dream job
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Benedict Arnold

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

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

22. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Ossenburger
Joining a monastery
Pencey Prep
December

23. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Two nuns
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
He has prematurely graying hair.

24. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
The ducks
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

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

26. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
The Secret Goldfish
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He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

27. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
A prostitute
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Gary Cooper
Benedict Arnold

28. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Doesn't like anything
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
The ducks
Two nuns

29. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

30. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
His baseball glove
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
The 39 Steps
Pacifist

31. Contrasting him with the annoying and sloppy Ackley - Holden describes Stradlater as a...

32. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
Doesn't like anything
The Secret Goldfish
The ducks
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33. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Sunny
Holden's dream job

34. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Play checkers
Vicks Nose Drops
Gary Cooper
Holding hands with Jane

35. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Pencey Prep
The 39 Steps
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

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

37. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
See the Lunts
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Jane Gallagher
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

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

39. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Two nuns
Sunny
A cab driver
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40. Contrasting him with the annoying and sloppy Ackley - Holden describes Stradlater as a...

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

42. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Hollywood screenwriter
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Holding hands with Jane

43. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Likes Romeo and Juliet
He has prematurely graying hair.
December

44. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
See the Lunts

45. What is D.B.'s profession?
Sunny
A cab driver
Ossenburger
Hollywood screenwriter

46. According to Holden - what is 'the best thing' about the Museum of Natural History?

47. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
See the Lunts
A cab driver

48. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Holden's dream job
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.

49. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Holden's dream job
Vicks Nose Drops
Joining a monastery
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

50. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Ossenburger
Grand
Two nuns
Pacifist