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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
The 39 Steps
His baseball glove
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.

2. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
Hollywood screenwriter
The 39 Steps
Play checkers
Leukemia

3. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
His razor
A prostitute

4. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
Sunny
His razor
December
The Secret Goldfish

5. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
A mental hospital
He lost the fencing team's equipment
A poem by Robert Burns
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

6. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Allie Caulfield
December
Likes Romeo and Juliet

7. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
Gary Cooper
Play checkers
To a matinee and a skating rink
Sunny

8. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Vicks Nose Drops
Pacifist
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

9. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
A red hunting hat
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Benedict Arnold
A cab driver

10. What school did Holden get expelled from?
Grand
Pencey Prep
Vicks Nose Drops
The Secret Goldfish

11. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Two nuns
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Ossenburger
Ward Stradlater

12. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
His baseball glove
A cab driver
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

13. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
A poem by Robert Burns
Play checkers
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Vicks Nose Drops

14. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
A prostitute
Doesn't like anything
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
His baseball glove

15. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Her Christmas money
He lost the fencing team's equipment
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Ossenburger

16. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
A mental hospital
His baseball glove
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob

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

18. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
A mental hospital
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
His baseball glove
Joining a monastery

19. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Play checkers
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
His baseball glove

20. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
His baseball glove
Vicks Nose Drops
December
Play checkers

21. How did Allie die?
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
The 39 Steps
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Leukemia

22. Where does the title of the novel come from
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Likes Romeo and Juliet
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
A poem by Robert Burns

23. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

24. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
His razor
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Jane Gallagher
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

25. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
Pencey Prep
A prostitute
A cab driver
The 39 Steps

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

27. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
A red hunting hat
Her Christmas money
Jane Gallagher
'Secret slob'

28. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
He has prematurely graying hair.
He has prematurely graying hair.
Ossenburger

29. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

30. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Pacifist
Benedict Arnold
The ducks

31. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Play checkers
His razor
Joining a monastery
His razor

32. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

33. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Holden's dream job
Two nuns
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
A mental hospital

34. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
The 39 Steps
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
To a matinee and a skating rink
Benedict Arnold

35. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
His razor
Vicks Nose Drops
Holding hands with Jane
Vicks Nose Drops

36. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
Ossenburger
The ducks
Leukemia
A cab driver

37. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Grand
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
A mental hospital
His razor

38. What is D.B.'s profession?
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Her Christmas money
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Hollywood screenwriter

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

40. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
The Secret Goldfish
Likes Romeo and Juliet
'Secret slob'

41. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Ossenburger
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Doesn't like anything
Vicks Nose Drops

42. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
Leukemia
A mental hospital
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Grand

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

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

45. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
His razor
Ossenburger
Vicks Nose Drops
The Secret Goldfish

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

47. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
Gary Cooper
Her Christmas money
Holden's dream job
A cab driver

48. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
Doesn't like anything
Grand
His baseball glove
A prostitute

49. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

50. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
Gary Cooper
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Benedict Arnold
The 39 Steps