Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
Play checkers
Vicks Nose Drops
Pacifist
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot


2. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Jane Gallagher
Holding hands with Jane
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.


3. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
See the Lunts
Allie Caulfield
Benedict Arnold
Gary Cooper


4. 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
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His razor
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot


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


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


7. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
Jane Gallagher
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Hollywood screenwriter
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'


8. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
The 39 Steps
Jane Gallagher
Pencey Prep
A mental hospital


9. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Play checkers
Two nuns


10. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
Jane Gallagher
See the Lunts
Pacifist
'That everything always stayed right where it was'


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


12. What school did Holden get expelled from?
Pencey Prep
His baseball glove
He has prematurely graying hair.
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot


13. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
To a matinee and a skating rink
A prostitute
A cab driver
Ossenburger


14. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Grand
Ward Stradlater
Allie Caulfield


15. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
Benedict Arnold
Holden's dream job
A red hunting hat
A cab driver


16. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Leukemia


17. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
His razor
Vicks Nose Drops
Allie Caulfield
Two nuns


18. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
Holding hands with Jane
Pacifist
See the Lunts
Joining a monastery


19. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Allie Caulfield
Vicks Nose Drops
Likes Romeo and Juliet


20. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Vicks Nose Drops
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
The ducks
He has prematurely graying hair.


21. How did Allie die?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
The 39 Steps
Leukemia
Pencey Prep


22. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
See the Lunts
A red hunting hat
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot


23. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Holding hands with Jane
Joining a monastery
Ward Stradlater


24. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
His baseball glove
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
A cab driver


25. Where does the title of the novel come from
A poem by Robert Burns
Holden's dream job
Play checkers
Gary Cooper


26. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
To a matinee and a skating rink
Two nuns
The 39 Steps
Vicks Nose Drops


27. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Sunny
The 39 Steps


28. What is D.B.'s profession?
His baseball glove
Gary Cooper
Hollywood screenwriter
'That everything always stayed right where it was'


29. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Leukemia
Doesn't like anything
A mental hospital
Allie Caulfield


30. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Ossenburger
The Secret Goldfish


31. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
'Secret slob'
Gary Cooper
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.


32. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Play checkers
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
December
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel


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


34. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
A cab driver
See the Lunts


35. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Play checkers
Two nuns
Grand
The ducks


36. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
His razor
Pacifist
Her Christmas money
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot


37. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
He has prematurely graying hair.
A cab driver
Her Christmas money
A red hunting hat


38. In what month does the novel take place?
His baseball glove
December
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
A mental hospital


39. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Doesn't like anything
Vicks Nose Drops
The Secret Goldfish


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


41. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
A red hunting hat
Leukemia
Sunny


42. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Ossenburger
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.


43. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Vicks Nose Drops
Ward Stradlater
Play checkers
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'


44. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
The ducks
Benedict Arnold
He has prematurely graying hair.
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'


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


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


47. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
The ducks
A poem by Robert Burns
His razor
His baseball glove


48. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
A mental hospital
He has prematurely graying hair.
'Secret slob'


49. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?


50. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Leukemia
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
'Secret slob'