The Catcher In The Rye - Chapters 1-12
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This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of the first 12 chapters of J. D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye'.
- 1.Holden's brother D.B wrote a story titled:
- A.
The Jellyfish Blues
- B.
The Secret Goldfish
- C.
The Happy Goldfish
- D.
Fish are Phonies
- 2.
- A.
He didn't like hanging out with other people
- B.
He wasn't in the mood
- C.
He had just returned from New York with the fencing team
- D.
He was leaving Pencey
- 3.Holden was kicked out of Pencey because
- A.
He didn't want to be on the football team
- B.
He hated phonies so was rude to everyone
- C.
He refused to be a team player
- D.
He was flunking four subjects and not applying himself at all
- 4.What lesson did Spencer try to teach Holden?
- A.
Holden needs some direction in life.
- B.
Life is a game.
- C.
Aging is terrible.
- D.
To try harder to succeed in life.
- 5.Holden is fascinated by:
- A.
Where the ducks in New York go during Winter.
- B.
How old Spencer is.
- C.
How phony people are.
- D.
How easy it is to lie to teachers.
- 6.Holden tells us in Chapter 3 that:
- A.
I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw
- B.
I never let the truth get in the way of a good story
- C.
The truth is for fools
- D.
Telling lies kills me
- 7.According to Holden, Robert Ackley hates being called
- A.
A moron
- B.
Crummy
- C.
Ackley kid
- D.
Ackley
- 8.Holden hates Stradlater
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Holden bought his red hunting hat from New York for
- A.
A dollar
- B.
Ten dollars
- C.
Three dollars
- D.
50 cents
- 10.Stadlater asks Holden to
- A.
Wash his nails
- B.
Write a composition for him
- C.
Let him go out with Jane
- D.
Stop horsing around
- 11.The girl Holden likes is:
- A.
Sally Wilson
- B.
Sally Gallagher
- C.
Jane Gallagher
- D.
Jane Wilson
- 12.What meal were the boys at Pencey fed evey Sunday night?
- A.
Salmon
- B.
Left-overs
- C.
Hot Chips
- D.
Steak
- 13.Holden writes the composition about:
- A.
His brother Allie's left-handed fielder's mitt
- B.
His brother Allie's death
- C.
His room at Pencey
- D.
His brother Allie
- 14.When Stadlater got mad about the composition, what did Holden do with it?
- A.
Got angry and punched Stradlater.
- B.
Screwed it up and threw it in the bin.
- C.
He tore it up and threw the pieces in the bin.
- D.
Got depressed and refused to give it to Stradlater.
- 15.
- A.
He had gone out with Jane.
- B.
Holden suspected that Stradlater had 'given the time' to Jane.
- C.
Holden was jealous about Stradlater spending time eith Jane.
- D.
Stradlater wouldn't tell Holden what he had done with Jane.
- 16.Why didn't Ackley want Holden sleeping on Ely's bed?
- A.
Ackley thought it impolite to let people sleep on someon else's bed.
- B.
He was worried that Ely would come home soon.
- C.
He thought it was weird that Holden would want to sleep there.
- D.
He didn't want Holden to get blood all over the bed.
- 17.What had Holden's mum just bought for him?
- A.
A pair of hockey ice-skates.
- B.
A pair of racing ice-skates.
- C.
A new suitcase.
- D.
A red hunting hat.
- 18.What name did Holden give to the woman on the train?
- A.
Ernest Morrow
- B.
Rudolf Steiner
- C.
Randy Schmidt
- D.
Rudolf Schmidt
- 19.What does Holden ask the woman on the train?
- A.
If she was happy with her life.
- B.
If she would come spend some time with him in New York.
- C.
If she wanted to have a cocktail with him.
- D.
If she could lend him some money.
- 20.Holden thinks that the hotel he stays in is full of:
- A.
Crazy people.
- B.
Perverts.
- C.
Old people.
- D.
Poor people.
- 21.How does Holden describe Pheobe?
- A.
Shy and small.
- B.
Super smart.
- C.
Roller-skate skinny.
- D.
Psychic.
- 22.How many women does Holden sit with in the Lavender Room?
- A.
Two.
- B.
Three.
- C.
Four.
- D.
Five.
- 23.What does Jane do that 'just about kills' Holden?
- A.
She wouldn't let him kiss her mouth.
- B.
Wears a stripy jumper.
- C.
Wouldn't give her step-dad the cigarettes.
- D.
She puts her hand on the back of Holden's neck.
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