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