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