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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
Grand
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Pacifist
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

2. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

3. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Allie Caulfield
Hollywood screenwriter
The ducks

4. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
A red hunting hat
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
His razor
Allie Caulfield

5. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
The ducks
A mental hospital
December

6. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Vicks Nose Drops
To a matinee and a skating rink
Play checkers
See the Lunts

7. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
A red hunting hat
A prostitute
A mental hospital
His baseball glove

8. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

9. What school did Holden get expelled from?
'Secret slob'
Her Christmas money
Allie Caulfield
Pencey Prep

10. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
A red hunting hat
Vicks Nose Drops
Hollywood screenwriter
The 39 Steps

11. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

12. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Allie Caulfield
Likes Romeo and Juliet
A red hunting hat
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

13. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Joining a monastery
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
To a matinee and a skating rink
Two nuns

14. How did Allie die?
The ducks
To a matinee and a skating rink
Leukemia
A cab driver

15. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
Pencey Prep
Doesn't like anything
See the Lunts
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

16. What school did Holden get expelled from?
Pencey Prep
Two nuns
Sunny
The Secret Goldfish

17. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Allie Caulfield
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
The ducks

18. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Gary Cooper
Ossenburger
Benedict Arnold
Play checkers

19. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
Vicks Nose Drops
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
The Secret Goldfish

20. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
His baseball glove
His razor
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Gary Cooper

21. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
His baseball glove
Joining a monastery
His razor
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

22. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
Ward Stradlater
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A mental hospital
The Secret Goldfish

23. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

24. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
Likes Romeo and Juliet
A mental hospital
To a matinee and a skating rink
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

25. What is D.B.'s profession?
Hollywood screenwriter
See the Lunts
Pacifist
His razor

26. Holden tries to punch Stradlater immediately after...

27. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Vicks Nose Drops
Sunny
To a matinee and a skating rink

28. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Pacifist
The 39 Steps
His baseball glove

29. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
Benedict Arnold
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Play checkers
Pacifist

30. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
Hollywood screenwriter
His razor
Sunny
He has prematurely graying hair.

31. Contrasting him with the annoying and sloppy Ackley - Holden describes Stradlater as a...

32. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Pacifist
Gary Cooper
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.

33. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
Ward Stradlater
Hollywood screenwriter
A cab driver
The Secret Goldfish

34. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Sunny
The ducks
To a matinee and a skating rink
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

35. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A red hunting hat
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Grand

36. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Her Christmas money
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Ward Stradlater

37. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Sunny
Two nuns
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

38. Holden tries to punch Stradlater immediately after...

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

40. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Ossenburger
Allie Caulfield
He has prematurely graying hair.
Pencey Prep

41. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
A mental hospital
Pacifist
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Play checkers

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

43. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
He has prematurely graying hair.
Leukemia
A poem by Robert Burns
See the Lunts

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

45. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Two nuns
A prostitute
He has prematurely graying hair.
A mental hospital

46. Contrasting him with the annoying and sloppy Ackley - Holden describes Stradlater as a...

47. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
Joining a monastery
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
A poem by Robert Burns
Vicks Nose Drops

48. According to Holden - what is 'the best thing' about the Museum of Natural History?

49. What is D.B.'s profession?
Joining a monastery
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Hollywood screenwriter

50. How did Allie die?
Two nuns
Leukemia
Allie Caulfield
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield