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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
His razor
Grand
See the Lunts
Ossenburger

2. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Likes Romeo and Juliet
To a matinee and a skating rink

3. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Two nuns
A mental hospital
December

4. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Ossenburger
Benedict Arnold
Jane Gallagher

5. In what month does the novel take place?
His razor
December
Two nuns
A mental hospital

6. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Leukemia
Her Christmas money
Gary Cooper
Leukemia

7. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Holden's dream job
Likes Romeo and Juliet
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

8. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Doesn't like anything
To a matinee and a skating rink
A mental hospital
Ossenburger

9. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Vicks Nose Drops
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
Pencey Prep
Sunny

10. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
The ducks
To a matinee and a skating rink
Sunny
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot

11. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
The Secret Goldfish
Ward Stradlater
December
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

12. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Allie Caulfield
Leukemia
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

13. As he prepares to leave New York City - Holden repeatedly encounters
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Vicks Nose Drops
A red hunting hat
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

14. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
He has prematurely graying hair.
The 39 Steps
His baseball glove
Play checkers

15. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
'That everything always stayed right where it was'
His razor
His baseball glove
Her Christmas money

16. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Sunny
Allie Caulfield
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

17. What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother?
Sunny
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
The Secret Goldfish
Jane Gallagher

18. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
'Secret slob'
He has prematurely graying hair.
Leukemia

19. What school did Holden get expelled from?
Vicks Nose Drops
Pencey Prep
Two nuns
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'

20. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
Likes Romeo and Juliet
A mental hospital
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'

21. After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch - what does Holden do?
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Vicks Nose Drops
Holding hands with Jane

22. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Jane Gallagher
Allie Caulfield

23. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Likes Romeo and Juliet
Benedict Arnold
A prostitute
Play checkers

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

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

26. Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas play?
Benedict Arnold
Hollywood screenwriter
Vicks Nose Drops
A poem by Robert Burns

27. Where does the title of the novel come from
A poem by Robert Burns
Play checkers
Holding hands with Jane
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.

28. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
A poem by Robert Burns
Play checkers
Leukemia

29. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
His razor
Vicks Nose Drops
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.

30. With whom does Holden discuss Romeo and Juliet?
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Two nuns
He lost the fencing team's equipment
Leukemia

31. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

32. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Vicks Nose Drops
Ossenburger
A mental hospital
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

33. After his fight with Stradlater - Holden claims that he is a
Pacifist
Holding hands with Jane
Grand
Holding hands with Jane

34. What is Phoebe's favorite movie?
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Holding hands with Jane
The 39 Steps
Vicks Nose Drops

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

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

37. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Holding hands with Jane
Vicks Nose Drops
December
Jane Gallagher

38. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
Pacifist
The ducks
A prostitute
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield

39. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
Jane Gallagher
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Pacifist
Play checkers

40. After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel - what does he see out of his window?
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Allie Caulfield
'Secret slob'
Vulgarity scrawled on walls

41. What is D.B.'s profession?
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Pacifist
A cab driver
Hollywood screenwriter

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

43. As Holden predicted - Sally is excited to
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Pencey Prep
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
See the Lunts

44. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
He lost the fencing team's equipment
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
The ducks

45. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
Doesn't like anything
Sunny
Ward Stradlater
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.

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

47. What school did Holden get expelled from?
The 39 Steps
Pencey Prep
Allie Caulfield
Holden's dream job

48. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

49. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
A cab driver
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Holding hands with Jane
Benedict Arnold

50. In what month does the novel take place?
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
See the Lunts
December
His razor