The Catcher in the Rye
Mrs. Morrow
- Attractive woman - Holden meets her on the train from Agerstown to New York City. - He lies to her to spare her feelings concerning her son. - Holden also tells her that he has a brain tumor
Selma Thurmer
- Daughter of Pencey's headmaster. - at next to Holden on the bus. Not very pretty. - "She was a pretty nice girl, though"
Horwitz
- Drives Holden from the Lavender Room to Ernie's - Holden asks him where the Central Park ducks go in the winter
Lillian Simmons
- Former girlfriend of D.B., Holden runs into her at Ernie's.
Mr. Haas
- Headmaster at the Elkton School. - One of the phoniest bastards Holden ever met
Mr. Antolini
- Holden's former English teacher at the Elkton Hills School - young, clever, sympathetic, and likable - Holden respects him.
Edgar Marsalla
- Holden's friend at Pencey. - Let one rip during Ossenburger's speech that " damn near blew the roof off"
Robert Tichner & Paul Campbell
- Holden's friends at Pencey. - Threw the football around until after dark. - Didn't want to stop. But eventually, they had to
Mr. Spencer
- Holden's history teacher at Pencey Prep - unsuccessfully tries to shake Holden out of his academic apathy.
D.B
- Holden's older brother - wrote a volume of short stories that Holden admires very much, - Holden feels that he prostitutes his talents by writing for Hollywood movies.
Ward Stradlater
- Holden's roomate at Pencey. - Handsome and shallow. - Asks Holden to write his composition for him - goes on a date with Jane Gallagher. - Holden and him have a fist-fight. - He was a friendly guy but "it was partly a phony kind of friendly
Phoebe
- Holden's ten-year-old sister, whom he loves dearly. - she listens to what he says and understands him more than most other people do. - Roller-skate skinny with red hair. - She likes to write girl books that she never finishes. - Affectionate and emotional
Allie Caulfield
- Holden's younger brother who dies of leukemia three years before the start of the novel. - He was a brilliant, friendly, red-headed boy - he was the smartest of the Caulfields. - Holden wrote poetry on his baseball mitt. - "You'd have liked him"
Mr. Thurmer
- Pencey Prep Headmaster - Phony. - When Marsalla let one rip in chapel everyone pretended they didn't hear it. "But you could tell he heard it"
Frederick Woodruff
- Pencey student - buys Holden's typewriter for twenty dollars
Mal Brossard
- Pencey wrestler - Goes into town to get a burger and maybe catch a movie with Holden and (relunctantly) Ackly
Ossenburger
- Pency alumnus - made a fortune opening funeral homes - Gave a speech in the Pency chapel. - Talked to Jesus, asking him to send a few more stiffs
Robert Ackley
- Roomed next to Holden at Pencey. - No one liked him. - Nosey and dirty. - Holden took him along into town to be nice. - Bad skin and bad teeth that "always looked mossy and awful"
Mrs. Hayes
- Sally Hayes' crazy mother. - Holden talks to her on the phone when he's drunk. - She likes her ass kissed
Jane Gallagher
- Stradlater's date - Holden's childhood friend. His image of frozen perfection. - A major character in the book without actually appearing in it. - When she and Holden played checkers she would never move her kings out of the back row - A girl with whom Holden spent a lot of time one summer, when their families stayed in neighboring summer houses in Maine.
Carl Luce
- Student at Columbia - Holden's student advisor at the Whooton School. - 3 yrs older than Holden and has a great deal of sexual experience. - source of knowledge about sex for the younger boys - Holden tries to get him to talk about sex at their meeting.
Maurice
- The elevator operator at the Edmont Hotel - procures a prostitute for Holden.
Marty, Laverne, and Bernice Crabs or Krebs
- Three girls that Holden meets in the Lanender Room. -Tourists from Seattle. He dances with Bernice Crabs or Krebs. - They spend their time looking for movie stars (like Peter Lorre) - stick Holden with the check
Ernest Morrow
- classmate of Holden's. - Although Holden tells his mother that he is popular but sensitive, in actuality he is "doubtless the biggest bastard that ever went to Pencey" and "about as sensitive as a goddam toilet seat"
Sunny
- prostitute whom Holden hires through Maurice. - one of a number of women in the book with whom Holden clumsily attempts to connect.
Ann Louise Sherman
A girl that Holden once necked with all night even though she was a big phoney
roller skater
According to Holden, Phoebe is___________ skinny.
A
According to Holden, he knew he was happy when he was Holding hands with Jane Writing essays for Mr. Spencer Fooling "phonies" with elaborate lies Listening to Ernie play piano
A
According to Holden, what is "the best thing" about the Museum of Natural History? A. "That everything always stayed right where it was" B. "That no goddam phonies ever went there" C. "That this one crazy Indian always reminds [him] of Allie"
A
According to Holden, which item shows that Stradlater is a phony? his razor his baseball mitt his hound's-tooth jacket
Ely
Ackley's absent roomate
C
After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel, what does he see out of his window? A. A parade B. A flock of ducks flying away from the Central Park lagoon C. A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel
Lagoon
After Holden drops, breaks the Shirley Bean Record, he goes to Central Park to go to the _____________
A
After Holden fights Stradlater, what does he think about? Joining a monastery. Moving to a ranch in Colorado. Jumping out a window. Shooting Stradlater.
A
After Maurice hits Holden in the crotch, what does Holden do? A. He repeatedly insults Maurice, resulting in further physical punishment. B. He punches Maurice in the face. C. He collapses to the floor, cursing at Sunny.
C
After his encounter with Maurice, Holden A. Calls the police B. Calls Jane Gallagher C. Pretends he's a movie character who has been shot
C
After his fight with Stradlater, Holden claims that he is a/an ________. wimp anarchist pacifist
How disappointed his is in the disciples.
After saying that he is "sort of an atheist," Holden talks about....?
A
Although Phoebe's real middle name is "Josephine," she signs her name as A. Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield B. Phoebe Allie Caulfield C. Phoebe Benedict Arnold Caulfield
his own fear and "yellowness"
As Holden makes his way back to the Edmont, he talks a great deal about ...?
a baseball mit covered in poetry
As a favor, Holden writes a composition for Stradlet about...?
B
At breakfast, Holden is surprised that the nun A. Eats fatty foods B. Likes Romeo and Juliet C. Shows no remorse over stealing the collection money
It's raining
At the carousel scene, what is happening?
the fact that his mother bought him the wrong kind of ice skates.
Before he leaves Pencey, Holden thinks of his mother and the thought depresses him. What speciffically does Hodlen think about which makes him sad?
In a mental facility
Chapter 26, Where does Holden now reside?.
Ackley
Characters Holden's annoying gross next-door neighbor in his dorm at Pencey Prep.
D
Contrasting him with the annoying and sloppy Ackley, Holden describes Stradlater as a(n) "Guy whose mess you don't mind" "Clean and nice roommate" "Secret slob"
D
Edgar Marsalla did something during Ossenburger's speech that Holden A: felt was just another example of people being phony. B: did not even notice until his roommate, Ward Stradlater nudged him. C: found absolutely repulsive. D: said was the perfect response to Ossenburger's bag of wind speech.
D
Holden claims he can't sleep with Sunny because He's a virgin. He loves her too much. He's mourning the death of his mother. He's just had an operation on his "clavichord."
Yearbook
Holden describes Stradlater as being______ handsome because he's the "type of person your parents would look at and say, 'who's this boy?'"
going west and pretending to be a deaf munk.
Holden fantasizes about
english
Holden has failed every subject except...?
when a girl asks him to stop he actually does
Holden makes the comment that he has not had sex partially because
B
Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to Talk about the Museum of Natural History Play checkers Write stories Ride her bike
Madman
Holden often refers to himself as a
C
Holden predicted, Sally is excited to A. Talk about their futures B. Openly discuss their problems and emotions C. See the Lunts
A
Holden tells the girls he saw ________ at the Lavender Room. Gary Cooper Peter Lorre Alfred Lunt
he has some gray hair.
Holden thinks he looks very mature because....?
A
Holden tries to punch Stradlater immediately after Stradlater refuses to answer Holden's questions about his date. Stradlater suddenly attacks him. Stradlater brags about his sexual conquests.
B
Holden was forced to return early to school from New York because A. His parents caught him in their apartment. B. He lost the fencing team's equipment. C. He desperately wanted to see the final football game.
C
Holden's favorite word is: A. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious B. Booger C. Phony
Stradlater
Holden's handsome, self-satisfied, and popular roommate at Pencey Prep.
He left all their equipment on the subway
How did Holden let the fencing team down?
He was petting his head,
How does Antolini upset and scare Holden? Wha excuse does he give Mr. Antolini to leave?
He misses all the people he ever talked about.
How does Holden feel after telling his story?
Ecstatically happy; he might cry.
How does Holden feel sitting down on a park bench while wearing his red hunting hat and watching Phoebe ride the carousel?
He has grown to semi-like guys at his school like Ackley and Stratlader.
How does Holden try to disprove Mr. Antolini's forewarning?
A
How does Holden's attitude about Allie compare with his attitude about the world at large? A. He thinks Allie is the bee's knees while the rest of the world just sucks. B. He thinks the world is great, but Allie? Not so much. C. He thinks Allie is just like the world at large: a great disappointment.
2 times
How many times does Phoebe ride the carousel?
He dumped his head in water
In ch. 20, why is Holden's hair frozen?
She hasn't been well since Allie passed away, she gets "nervous" about how his father invests in broadway shows
In chapter 15, what does Holden mention about his mother?
Cheap suitcases
In chapter 15, what does Holden notice about the nuns suitcases?
Go to a matinee
In chapter 15, what plans does Holden make with Sally Hayes?
Sally Hayes
In chapter 15, when Holden wakes up who does he call?
Grand Central Station to put his bag in one of the lockers
In chapter 15, where does Holden go after he checks out of the hotel?
Her mom smelled smoke and Phoebe said she took a puff and threw it out the window
In chapter 23, how does Phoebe cover for Holden?
She calls something "lousy"
In chapter 23, in talking with her parents, how does Phoebe "sound" like Holden?
His red hunting hat
In chapter 23, what does Holden give to Phoebe?
Mr. Antolini; his prior English teacher at elkton hills
In chapter 23, who does Holden call? Who is he?
He asks the excuse he must go and retrieve his bags from grand central station but he needs money; Phoebe is concerned that he won't be there for her play; Holden promises he will go; Phoebe gives him $8
In chapter 23, why does Holden say he must leave? Among other things, why is Phoebe upset?
She doesn't know if Holden will be back
In chapter 23, why does Phoebe cry?
Ride the carousel at the zoo.
In chapter 25, What does Holden convince Phoebe to do?
Pleads to Allie that he will make it to the other side.
In chapter 25, What does Holden do every time he crosses the street?
Take her to the zoo.
In chapter 25, What does Holden offer to do for Phoebe?
The words "**** you."
In chapter 25, What does Holden see scrawled on the walls of his old school?
Take her with him to escape.
In chapter 25, What does Phoebe beg Holden do for her?
His red hunting hat.
In chapter 25, What does Phoebe give back to Holden in frustration?
To meet him at the Museum of Natural History so he can give her the money she lent him.
In chapter 25, What does the note Holden wrote to Phoebe say?
He passes out.
In chapter 25, What happens to Holden on his way to the bathroom?
They get scared and run off.
In chapter 25, What happens when Holden shows two children the Museum of Natural History's tomb exhibit in the dark?
To Phoebe's school.
In chapter 25, Where does Holden go from Fifth Avenue?
He got sick.
In chapter 26 What happened to Holden when he got home?
Yes
In chapter 26, Is Holden going to a new school for his fall term?
They went back home.
In chapter 26, Where did Holden and Phoebe go after departing from the zoo?
A
In chapter three of the novel, Holden tells the reader A: that he loves to lie. B: that he abhors dishonesty in any form. C: that he likes to tell corny jokes.
Meruction
In his conversation with the two nuns, Holden talks about Shakespeare's Romeon and Huliet, and he reveals that his favoirte character is...?
B
In what month does the novel take place? January December May November
Mr. Zambesi
Made Holden, Paul, and Robert stop throwing the football around
history teacher
Mr Spencer is a
A terrible fall
Mr. Antolini keeps telling Holden he is doomed for what?
A
Once back in New York, the first person Holden tries to invite for a drink is A. A cab driver B. Faith Cavendish C. Carl Luce
Charleen
Person who took care of Phoebe while her parents were away
C
Phoebe chastises Holden because, in her mind, he A. Smokes too many cigarettes B. Dates terrible women C. Doesn't like anything
Benedict Arnold
Phoebe has what part in the CHristmas Pagent for Americans?
Dick Slagle
Prior roommate of Holden's at Elkon Hills, owned cheaper suitcases
Know where to place commas
Stradtler believes that to be a good writer you only need to be able to do what?
T
T//F Holden hears Phoebe singing a song about the Catcher in the Rye and later uses this terminology to describe his ideal job.
T
T//F Holden insists that he is a consistent liar.
F
T//F Holden is not planning to return to Pencey in the spring because he wants a more challenging academic atmosphere and feels he can better find that elsewhere .
Mr. Antolini
Teacher that helped James Castle when he jumped out the window
C
The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden Drugs Complimentary breakfast A prostitute Movie tickets
He should be psychoanalyzed
What advice did Luce give to Holden?
C
What did Allie Caulfield die of? A. an atomic bomb blast B. brain cancer C. leukemia
C
What did Allie write on his baseball glove? A. Bible verses B. Baseball stats C. Poems
He's annoyed that Spencer read out loud his final exam paper
What did Spencer do that particularly annoyed Holden?
a gold ring
What do the kids try to grab on the carousel?
WWII
What do we learn about D.B's past? Which War did he serve in?
He doesn't listen unless Holden shouts and makes him repeat himself
What does Ackley do that annoys Holden?
Digressions are more interesting than the topic at hand.
What does Holden argue for that Mr. Antolini gently challenges him on?
B
What does Holden buy for Phoebe? A. An autographed photograph of Robert Donat B. A record titled "Little Shirley Beans"
He walks up and down Fifth Avenue. Has a mental breakdown
What does Holden do the next day after the encounter with Mr. Antolini?
$10
What does Holden give to the nuns?
He left because he was surrounded by phonies
What does Holden give us as the reason for "leaving" Elkton Hills?
He means he is selling himself and his talents to Hollywood
What does Holden mean when he says that his brother D.B. is out in Hollywood "being a prostitute"?
In his mind, he feels like when he speaks he doesn't speak grammatically correct but when he reads he understands. Also his teachers may have told him that based on his writing he's illiterate.
What does Holden mean, "I'm quite illiterate, but i read a lot"? Give examples of what he reads.
He only hates them for a little bit but then when they go away he starts to miss them
What does Holden say about him hating people, such as Ackley and Stradlater?
Literature (Romeo and Juliet)
What does Holden talk to the nuns about?
The rules and regulations.
What does Holden tell Mr. Antolini is the source of his distaste for Pencey Prep?
The Catcher in the Rye
What does Holden tell Phoebe he'd like to be?
An atomic bomb
What does Holden want to sit on if he went to war?
Holden will have a major, great fall, that will leave him frustrated and embittered with the rest of the world.
What does Mr. Antolini forewarn to Holden?
Going to school and applying himself; everything is going to fall into place
What does Mr. Antolini say that Holden will do once he decides what to do with his life?
I'm too big
What does Phoebe say when Holden tells her to ride the carousel?
Write him a literary composition. He'll do it if he has time.
What does Stradtler ask him to do for him? What is Holden's response?
Awkward and nervous
What does he feel towards Sunny?
He drops it, it shatters, and then he cries
What happens to the Little Shirley Beans record?
The army because it's a group of people
What in Holden's mind does he think is worse than WWII?
C
What is Holden's attitude about his sister? A. He hates her. B. He thinks she's annoying. C. He respects her.
he doesn't like her, he's annoyed by her, he liked her at first because she knew a lot about theater
What is Holden's opinion of Sally Hayes?
He rushes out of the apartment.
What is Holden's response to Mr. Antolini's actions?
A
What is Phoebe's favorite movie? The 39 Steps Gone With the Wind The Doctor
B
What is one of Holden's least favorite words? fabulous grand
He could ask you all the personal questions about you, but he would never open up himself
What is one of the annoying things about Luce, according to Holden?
D
What is the name of Holden's favorite short story by his brother? The Hanged Man The Hanging Garden The Secret Garden The Secret Goldfish
A
What is the name of the benefactor of Holden's dormitory wing? Ossenburger Fawcett Merriman
B
What is the name of the school Holden is attending at the beginning of his story? A. The Whooton School B. Pencey Prep C. Elkton Hills
B
What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team's trip to New York? A. A hound's-tooth jacket B. A red hunting hat C. A brown derby
Corporate Lawyer
What job does Holden's father have?
He receives check-ups because he is a heavy smoker and grew up about 6.5 inches last year. He's sort of unstable
What kind of health does Holden appear be in?
People automatically assume that they can't strive in things because they face certain difficulties or meet the expectations.
What point does Holden try to make about people when he talks about Stradlater and the "commas" and Ackley's description of the basketball player?
B
What question plagues Holden throughout the book? A. Which came first: the chicken, or the egg? B. Where do the ducks in the Central Park pond go in the winter? C. Who killed FDR?
B
What smell permeates Mr. Spencer's home? Alcohol Vicks Nose Drops Potpourri
California
What state is the mental institution or rehab is Holden in at the beginning of the book?
If he was Catholic or not
What subject is he glad they don't bring up?
The great Gatsby
What was one of Holden's favorite books?
Student advisor
What was the relationship between Luce and Holden when they went to Whooton together?
C
What would Holden like to be? A. A batter in the wheat B. A ninja C. A catcher in the rye
C
When Holden feels like he's disappearing, why does he call on Allie? A. He doesn't want to disappear. B. He wants Allie to be waiting for him on the other side. C. He wants Allie to save him; he's like a ghostly security blanket.
He starts tap dancing
When Holden gets bored with watching Stradtler shave, what does he do?
Shot
When Holden leaves the wicker bar, why is he holding his stomach? He pretends he is ______
onto a checkerboard
When Jane Gallagher begins to cry in fron of Holden, her tear falls...?
A
When the novel begins, Holden describes Watching a football game Taking a train to New York Recuperating in a tuberculosis rest home
Agerstown, Pennsylvania; a private school
Where and what is Pencey Prep?
The wicker bar
Where did Holden meet up with Carl Luce?
A
Where does Holden get drunk? Wicker Bar Lavender Room Ernie's
Grand Central Station.
Where does Holden go after departing from Mr. Antolini's apartment?
C
Where does the title of the novel come from? a game that Holden and Allie would play the title of Holden's favorite song a poem by Robert Burns a reference to Greek mythology
A rehab facility
Where is Holden as the story begins?
C
Which character does Holden talk to during the course of the novel? Jane Gallagher Hazle Weatherfield Faith Cavendish
Luce and Holden's parents
Which characters wanted Holden to be psychoanalyzed?
He loves to fish.
Which of the following is NOT true about D.B.?
Red haired,kindly, highly intelligent.
Which of the following series of descriptions best fits Holden's description of Allie?
A
Which of the following things does Holden NOT like? Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" James Castle The nuns at Grand Central
C
Which of the following was not one of Holden's teachers? Antolini Vinson Luce Spencer
C
Which of these statements is not true? Holden dislikes Ackley because he is a slob. Holden dislikes Stradlater because he is a "secret slob." Holden dislikes Ernest Morrow because he is so well-respected. Holden dislikes Dick Slagle because of his cheap suitcases.
B
Which prep school did Holden NOT attend? Whooton Andover Elkton Hills Pencey
C
Which sentence about Carl Luce's girlfriend is not true? She is older than Carl. She is Chinese. She lives in Brooklyn. She is a sculptress.
He skips them across the part of the lake that isn't froze
While at the lagoon in Central Park, Holden count his money. What does he do with the coins?
Roomed next to Holden. Loner, bad hygiene, and always interrupting
Who is Ackley? Describe him.
C
Who is Holden's roommate in the dorm? Ackley Maurice Ward Stradlater
Holden's history teacher who had written him a note asking him to stop by and say goodbye
Who is Mr. Spencer and why does Holden visit him?
Holden's roommate. He managed to look presentable but in reality things like his razor was rusty. He was described as mostly a yearbook kind of handsome guy.
Who is Stradlater? Why does Holden refer to him as a "secret slob"? What does he look like?
A
Who is Ward's date on Saturday night? Jane Gallagher Phoebe Sally Sunny
A
Whom does Phoebe play the part of in the Christmas pageant? Benedict Arnold Benjamin Franklin Father Christmas
B
Why did Holden miss his brother's funeral? A. He had a test that he couldn't miss. B. He was in the hospital after breaking the garage windows with his bare hands. C.He got the days mixed up.
bathroom
Why did Holden think the women who cried throughout the movie was phony? A: Because she wouldn't take her kid to the ?
She was a childhood friend who had mentioned him but he's indecisive about greeting her or not
Why did it make Holden nervous that Stradlater was going out with Jane Gallagher?
Collect money
Why do Maurice and Sunny show up at the end?
C
Why does Holden believe that everyone mistakes him for an older person? He has a perpetual five-o'clock shadow. He is 6'4". He has prematurely graying hair.
Cause he's "dying" and wants to go home and see his sister
Why does Holden decide to go home and see Phoebe?
C
Why does Holden dislike museums? Never changing, they remind Holden of other changes Museums remind him of Allie Only phonies who want to appear intellectual visit museums
He disgresses
Why does Holden fail his speech class?
C
Why does Holden get beat up in the hotel room? A. He insulted the bell boy, with a particularly raunchy "Yo Mamma" joke. B. He stole the next room's USA Today. C. He didn't pay a hooker.
she sings it "dixieland" and "whorehouse"
Why does Holden like the way Estell Fletcher sings 'little Shirley Beans"?
Because James castle was wearing the turtle neck that he had borrowed from Holden when he killed himself
Why does Holden think about James Castle when Phoebe asks him to name one thing that he likes a lot
She is still traumatized over Allies death
Why does Mrs. Caulfield sleep well?
C
Why does Phoebe decide she's going to run away with Holden? A. She's sick of her parents. B. She wants to make money in Vegas. C. She knows her brother needs someone to take care of him.
Holden said that he was the quite guy who kept to himself, Holden doesn't wanna feel responsible for the death
Why does he deny really knowing James Castle?
When he goes there it always rains (everyone runs to their car to shelter from the rain but Allie can't do that)
Why doesn't Holden visit his brothers grave anymore?
He was failing four clases and not applying himself even after several warnings
Why was Holden being kicked out of Pencey Prep?
He was still in the hospital for his hand injury from punching out the windows
Why was Holden not able to attend Holden's brothers funeral?
Sally Hayes
girl whom Holden has known and dated for a long time.