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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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

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

3. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
Allie Caulfield
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Play checkers
To a matinee and a skating rink

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

5. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
The ducks
Gary Cooper
Play checkers
Jane Gallagher

6. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
The 39 Steps
Holding hands with Jane
Her Christmas money
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

7. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Joining a monastery
Holden's dream job
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
December

8. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
Hollywood screenwriter
Two nuns
Allie Caulfield
Her Christmas money

9. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
'Secret slob'
Joining a monastery
Vicks Nose Drops
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

10. How did Allie die?
December
The Secret Goldfish
His razor
Leukemia

11. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Holden's dream job
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

12. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
The Secret Goldfish
A cab driver
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

13. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Her Christmas money
Ossenburger
The Secret Goldfish
He lost the fencing team's equipment

14. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
His baseball glove
Allie Caulfield
Pacifist
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.

15. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
Allie Caulfield
The Secret Goldfish
Likes Romeo and Juliet
A red hunting hat

16. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Allie Caulfield
His razor
Doesn't like anything
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

17. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Benedict Arnold
Ward Stradlater
To a matinee and a skating rink
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

18. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Vicks Nose Drops
Two nuns
Likes Romeo and Juliet
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

19. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
Ossenburger
He lost the fencing team's equipment
His razor
His baseball glove

20. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Play checkers
Vicks Nose Drops
Holding hands with Jane
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

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

22. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
Joining a monastery
His razor
The ducks
A poem by Robert Burns

23. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
A prostitute
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
A poem by Robert Burns

24. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
A prostitute
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
His baseball glove

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

26. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Ossenburger
Holding hands with Jane
Two nuns
Jane Gallagher

27. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Play checkers
Jane Gallagher
Doesn't like anything

28. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

29. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Gary Cooper
Ossenburger
Hollywood screenwriter
Doesn't like anything

30. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
He has prematurely graying hair.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Her Christmas money
Play checkers

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

32. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Vicks Nose Drops
December

33. Where does the title of the novel come from
Ossenburger
His razor
A poem by Robert Burns
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

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

35. What is D.B.'s profession?
A prostitute
Hollywood screenwriter
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Benedict Arnold

36. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
Sunny
A cab driver
He has prematurely graying hair.
Jane Gallagher

37. What school did Holden get expelled from?
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Pencey Prep
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Hollywood screenwriter

38. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Benedict Arnold
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Vicks Nose Drops
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

39. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
December
Jane Gallagher
Doesn't like anything
Pacifist

40. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
Doesn't like anything
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
His razor
The 39 Steps

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

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

43. In what month does the novel take place?
Her Christmas money
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
A cab driver
December

44. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
Grand
Joining a monastery
A prostitute
Holden's dream job

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

46. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
Grand
Ward Stradlater
Holden's dream job
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.

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

48. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
A red hunting hat
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Vicks Nose Drops
See the Lunts

49. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.

50. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?