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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
The ducks
Pacifist
Ossenburger
Doesn't like anything

2. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
A prostitute
The ducks
Ossenburger
Sunny

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

4. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Pacifist
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Ossenburger

5. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Allie Caulfield
The 39 Steps
Two nuns
Ossenburger

6. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
A poem by Robert Burns
His baseball glove
Likes Romeo and Juliet
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

7. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Benedict Arnold
Play checkers
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

8. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Holden's dream job
Ward Stradlater
He has prematurely graying hair.
Vicks Nose Drops

9. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
He lost the fencing team's equipment
See the Lunts
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
His baseball glove

10. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
Hollywood screenwriter
He has prematurely graying hair.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Her Christmas money

11. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Sunny

12. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
To a matinee and a skating rink
A red hunting hat
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Play checkers

13. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
Her Christmas money
Gary Cooper
The Secret Goldfish
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

14. In what month does the novel take place?
A mental hospital
Sunny
December
Holden's dream job

15. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

16. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
Holding hands with Jane
A poem by Robert Burns
The 39 Steps
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

17. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Her Christmas money
A mental hospital
The 39 Steps

18. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
Sunny
Her Christmas money
His razor
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

19. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Ossenburger
'Secret slob'

20. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Gary Cooper
To a matinee and a skating rink
Vicks Nose Drops
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

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

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

23. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Joining a monastery
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
A cab driver

24. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Gary Cooper
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
He has prematurely graying hair.

25. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
A prostitute
A red hunting hat
Hollywood screenwriter
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

26. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
His baseball glove
Ossenburger
Gary Cooper

27. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
A red hunting hat
Doesn't like anything
Grand
The 39 Steps

28. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Allie Caulfield
Benedict Arnold
Ward Stradlater
A cab driver

29. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
To a matinee and a skating rink
His razor
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.

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

31. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Ward Stradlater
'Secret slob'
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
The Secret Goldfish

32. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
His razor
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
A cab driver
His baseball glove

33. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Ward Stradlater
He has prematurely graying hair.

34. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Allie Caulfield
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
To a matinee and a skating rink
The 39 Steps

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

36. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
A cab driver
Sunny
Vicks Nose Drops
Gary Cooper

37. How did Allie die?
Grand
Jane Gallagher
Leukemia
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

38. What is D.B.'s profession?
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Hollywood screenwriter
Joining a monastery
Benedict Arnold

39. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Pencey Prep
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Likes Romeo and Juliet

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

41. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
Pencey Prep
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Vicks Nose Drops
Her Christmas money

42. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
The 39 Steps
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Play checkers
The ducks

43. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

44. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Grand
Vicks Nose Drops
December

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

46. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

47. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
To a matinee and a skating rink
December
Ward Stradlater
A mental hospital

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

49. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Ossenburger
Holding hands with Jane
Gary Cooper
To a matinee and a skating rink

50. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Jane Gallagher
Doesn't like anything
Grand