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