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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye
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1. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
Vicks Nose Drops
His baseball glove
Gary Cooper
Jane Gallagher
2. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
A cab driver
Ward Stradlater
Vicks Nose Drops
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
3. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
A cab driver
Allie Caulfield
The ducks
Benedict Arnold
4. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
Holden's dream job
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Holden's dream job
Vicks Nose Drops
5. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
His razor
Grand
Gary Cooper
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
6. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
The 39 Steps
See the Lunts
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Ossenburger
7. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
See the Lunts
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
His baseball glove
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
8. Holden tries to punch Stradlater immediately after...
9. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?
10. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
He has prematurely graying hair.
Two nuns
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
11. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
Grand
Play checkers
A poem by Robert Burns
Benedict Arnold
12. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
To a matinee and a skating rink
Benedict Arnold
Pacifist
Play checkers
13. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
His razor
Doesn't like anything
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
14. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Holding hands with Jane
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Ossenburger
He has prematurely graying hair.
15. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Grand
He has prematurely graying hair.
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
16. Holden claims he can't sleep with Sunny because...
17. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
A red hunting hat
Play checkers
Gary Cooper
His razor
18. What school did Holden get expelled from?
Her Christmas money
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Pencey Prep
See the Lunts
19. What is D.B.'s profession?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Hollywood screenwriter
Sunny
20. How did Allie die?
Leukemia
To a matinee and a skating rink
Hollywood screenwriter
Pencey Prep
21. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
His baseball glove
To a matinee and a skating rink
Her Christmas money
The Secret Goldfish
22. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden
23. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden
24. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Joining a monastery
Doesn't like anything
Holding hands with Jane
The 39 Steps
25. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
Play checkers
He has prematurely graying hair.
Pacifist
Benedict Arnold
26. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
Pencey Prep
His baseball glove
Hollywood screenwriter
Likes Romeo and Juliet
27. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Joining a monastery
Allie Caulfield
Doesn't like anything
December
28. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Holden's dream job
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
29. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
His baseball glove
Pacifist
Joining a monastery
A mental hospital
30. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
The Secret Goldfish
A mental hospital
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Ossenburger
31. In what month does the novel take place?
'Secret slob'
Two nuns
'Secret slob'
December
32. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Ossenburger
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
December
33. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?
34. Holden was forced to return early to school from New York because...
35. According to Holden - what is 'the best thing' about the Museum of Natural History?
36. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Ossenburger
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Benedict Arnold
37. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
The ducks
Ossenburger
Sunny
Pencey Prep
38. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
Allie Caulfield
A cab driver
Ossenburger
To a matinee and a skating rink
39. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
The ducks
He has prematurely graying hair.
Pencey Prep
His baseball glove
40. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
December
Jane Gallagher
Vicks Nose Drops
Her Christmas money
41. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
He has prematurely graying hair.
Joining a monastery
A mental hospital
42. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
A prostitute
Holden's dream job
The ducks
Grand
43. Holden tries to punch Stradlater immediately after...
44. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Jane Gallagher
Gary Cooper
45. What school did Holden get expelled from?
A prostitute
Pencey Prep
He has prematurely graying hair.
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
46. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Ward Stradlater
Vicks Nose Drops
Hollywood screenwriter
47. Contrasting him with the annoying and sloppy Ackley - Holden describes Stradlater as a...
48. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
December
To a matinee and a skating rink
Her Christmas money
Sunny
49. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Benedict Arnold
Ossenburger
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
The ducks
50. Phoebe chastises Holden because - in her mind - he