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