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Trivia: Catcher In The Rye

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1. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Leukemia
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Vicks Nose Drops
The ducks

2. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Vicks Nose Drops
December

3. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
A mental hospital
Holding hands with Jane
Doesn't like anything

4. Just before he leaves her room - Phoebe gives Holden
December
A cab driver
Her Christmas money
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

5. What possession of Allie's does Holden write about in a descriptive theme paper?
Jane Gallagher
Vicks Nose Drops
His baseball glove
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'

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

7. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
A poem by Robert Burns
Hollywood screenwriter
A red hunting hat
Play checkers

8. Who does not symbolize Holden's views of sex?
Sunny
A poem by Robert Burns
Holding hands with Jane
He has prematurely graying hair.

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

10. How did Allie die?
Vulgarity scrawled on walls
Leukemia
Joining a monastery
Benedict Arnold

11. Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
To a matinee and a skating rink
Play checkers
Joining a monastery
His baseball glove

12. According to Holden - he knew he was happy when he was
Sunny
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
The Secret Goldfish
Holding hands with Jane

13. Where does the title of the novel come from
A poem by Robert Burns
Holding hands with Jane
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Gary Cooper

14. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Gary Cooper

15. What item best symbolizes adulthood for Holden?
See the Lunts
Allie Caulfield
Ossenburger
Vicks Nose Drops

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

17. Where do Sally and Holden go on their date?
Pencey Prep
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
To a matinee and a skating rink
Her Christmas money

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

19. What is D.B.'s profession?
Hollywood screenwriter
Gary Cooper
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
The Secret Goldfish

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

21. What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home?
Vicks Nose Drops
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
Play checkers
See the Lunts

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

23. At breakfast - Holden is surprised that the nun
Jane Gallagher
The ducks
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Likes Romeo and Juliet

24. What character symbolizes childhood innocence for Holden?
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
The Secret Goldfish
Allie Caulfield
Pencey Prep

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

26. According to Holden - what item shows that Stradlater is a phony?
Likes Romeo and Juliet
His razor
He repeatedly insults Maurice - resulting in further physical punishment.
Holden's dream job

27. What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

28. The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden...
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
A prostitute
Doesn't like anything

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

30. What is D.B.'s profession?
Hollywood screenwriter
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
He lost the fencing team's equipment
The Secret Goldfish

31. Where does the title of the novel come from
A record titled 'Little Shirley Beans'
Grand
Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield
A poem by Robert Burns

32. What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing?
Leukemia
He's just had an operation on his 'clavichord.'
Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date.
Ossenburger

33. Once back in New York - the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is
Two nuns
A cab driver
December
A prostitute

34. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
A red hunting hat
The 39 Steps
Jane Gallagher
The Secret Goldfish

35. Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm?
Ward Stradlater
December
Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
Holden's dream job

36. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

37. After his encounter with Maurice - Holden

38. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
He has prematurely graying hair.
Doesn't like anything
December
His razor

39. What is the significance of Stradlater's razor?
A cab driver
Shows how the conceited Stradlater is actually a slob
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
Leukemia

40. Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person?
Pacifist
He has prematurely graying hair.
See the Lunts
Sunny

41. In what month does the novel take place?
The ducks
Her Christmas money
Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms'
December

42. Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room.
Sunny
Gary Cooper
Doesn't like anything
Jane Gallagher

43. What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York?
Pacifist
The ducks
A red hunting hat
Joining a monastery

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

45. Holden leaves Mr. Antolini's apartment because
He has prematurely graying hair.
Leukemia
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Likes Romeo and Juliet

46. What animals in Central Park does Holden worry about?
Play checkers
The ducks
He has prematurely graying hair.
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

47. Who is Ward's date on Saturday night?
A red hunting hat
A poem by Robert Burns
See the Lunts
Jane Gallagher

48. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Allie Caulfield
A red hunting hat
A mental hospital
Benedict Arnold

49. After Holden fights Stradlater - what does he think about?
Holden's dream job
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Joining a monastery
Allie Caulfield

50. Where is Holden when the novel begins?
Grand
A mental hospital
A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
The 39 Steps