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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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

2. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
Vicks Nose Drops
His razor
A red hunting hat
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

3. How did Allie die?
Leukemia
Her Christmas money
Joining a monastery
The Secret Goldfish

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

5. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
A red hunting hat
A prostitute
Doesn't like anything
Pacifist

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

7. What school did Holden get expelled from?
Vicks Nose Drops
Pacifist
Pencey Prep
His baseball glove

8. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

9. What is D.B.'s profession?
Vicks Nose Drops
Hollywood screenwriter
Sunny
'Secret slob'

10. In what month does the novel take place?
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Grand
Likes Romeo and Juliet
December

11. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Two nuns
Pacifist
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Allie Caulfield

12. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Allie Caulfield
Her Christmas money
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

13. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
A prostitute
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Ossenburger
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

14. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
Holden's dream job
Her Christmas money
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Pacifist

15. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
A mental hospital
December
A prostitute
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

16. In what month does the novel take place?
Hollywood screenwriter
Sunny
December
Holden's dream job

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

18. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Joining a monastery
Hollywood screenwriter
Ossenburger
A cab driver

19. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
Doesn't like anything
Her Christmas money
Vicks Nose Drops
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

20. What school did Holden get expelled from?
A mental hospital
Joining a monastery
Pencey Prep
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

21. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
Benedict Arnold
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
His razor
Sunny

22. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Ward Stradlater
To a matinee and a skating rink
He has prematurely graying hair.

23. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
The 39 Steps
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Holding hands with Jane

24. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
He has prematurely graying hair.
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
See the Lunts
Leukemia

25. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

26. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
See the Lunts

27. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
Two nuns
Holding hands with Jane
Holden's dream job
Pacifist

28. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
A cab driver
Her Christmas money
A red hunting hat
A red hunting hat

29. What is one of Holden's least favorite words?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Grand
Holden's dream job
Likes Romeo and Juliet

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

31. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
See the Lunts
Pencey Prep
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

32. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Gary Cooper
A poem by Robert Burns
A red hunting hat
A mental hospital

33. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Hollywood screenwriter
Benedict Arnold
His razor

34. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

35. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Holding hands with Jane
Two nuns

36. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
The Secret Goldfish
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Grand
He has prematurely graying hair.

37. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Gary Cooper
Holden's dream job
Pencey Prep
A red hunting hat

38. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Benedict Arnold
Play checkers
Gary Cooper

39. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Pacifist
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Holding hands with Jane

40. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Benedict Arnold
Ward Stradlater

41. Where does the title of the novel come from
A poem by Robert Burns
His razor
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Pacifist

42. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Sunny
His baseball glove
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Pacifist

43. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Play checkers
Vicks Nose Drops
Ward Stradlater
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

44. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Holding hands with Jane
Doesn't like anything
Allie Caulfield
'That everything always stayed right where it was'

45. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
Holding hands with Jane
He has prematurely graying hair.
December
A prostitute

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

47. Although Phoebe's real middle name is 'Josephine -' she signs her name as
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
The 39 Steps
Play checkers

48. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
His baseball glove
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

49. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
His baseball glove
Holden's dream job
His baseball glove
Joining a monastery

50. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
Holding hands with Jane
His razor
A prostitute
The ducks