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