Catcher in the Rye Chapters 15-22 Study Guide

Who does Holden run into when eating breakfast and what does he help them with? (ch15)

2 nuns, helps them with their suitcases

How much money does Holden have left? What does he do with the nickels and quarters? (ch20)

3 singles, 5 quarters, and a nickel = $4.30 he went to the park of the lake that wasn't frozen and skipped the coins across the lake

How long of a letter did Phoebe write Holden? And what was it about? (ch21)

5 pages - it was about the play that she was in in school

Where does he go after the museum? Does he want to? (ch16)

Biltmore to his date with Sally

Who's a better war poet? Rupert Brookes or Emily Dickinson? (ch18)

Emily Dickinson

What word does Holden hate because phonies use it (as does Sally)? (ch15)

Grand

Who did Holden call, and why? When/how did they schedule meeting up? (ch18)

He called Carl Luce (someone who was at Whooton school while Holden was there, very smart guy) because Jane didn't answer - they scheduled meeting up for drinks

Why does Holden feel his sex life is lousy? Why does Carl Luce feel Holden's sex life is lousy? (ch19)

He can't get sexy with a girl unless he likes her a lot, otherwise he loses his desire Luce says it's because Holden is immature

What does Phoebe figure out? How does she react? (ch21)

Holden was kicked out of school, she cries

What show does Holden buy tickets for and why? (ch16)

I Know My Love- he knew Sally would really love it

Who does Holden call in the drug store and then hang up on? Why? (ch16)

Jane - Jane's mom picks up though so he hangs up because he doesn't want to talk to her mother

Who all was in Holden's address book? (ch18)

Jane, his teacher at his old school Mr. Antolini, and his father's office number

Who does Holden call after his date with Sally goes poorly? What does he want to ask them to do? (ch18)

Jane, wants to go dancing

What is Phoebe's middle name? How did she sign her notebook? (ch21)

Josephine is her middle name but she would sign her notebook as Phoebe Weatherfield Caulifield (she likes to make up middle names for herself)

What problem does Holden have as he's talking to Luce that repeats his problem with Sally? (ch19)

Luce is repeatedly telling Holden to drop the conversation because he doesn't want to talk about his sex life but Holden keeps asking him questions. This is similar when Sally kept telling Holden to stop screaming at her but he wouldn't stop

Where does Holden go next after the park? (ch16)

Museum of Natural History

Who was the regular night elevator boy at Holden's parents' apartment? Why was it good he wasn't there? (ch21)

Pete, because then his parents would have found out that he had visited the apartment

Who does Holden decide to go visit one last time? (ch20)

Phoebe

What books/authors does Holden mention loving at the end of ch18?

Ring Lardner and The Great Gatsby

Who does holden call to start ch 15?

Sally Hayes

What happens during the intermission of the play to cause Holden to hate Sally? (ch17)

Sally ran into some phony guy she knew and they blabbed about the play for a while

Why did it take so long for Holden to realize he felt Sally Hayes was stupid? (ch15)

She knows a lot about literature and theater so it was hard to figure out that she was stupid

What does Phoebe say that depresses Holden? (ch22)

She said "You don't like anything that's happening" she says he doesn't like school or anyone or anything

Why wasn't Phoebe in her room? Where did she like to sleep? Why? (ch21)

She was in DB's room. She sleeps there whenever DB is away in Hollywood and its the biggest room in the house

How does Dick Slagle relate to why Holden says he roomed with a moron like Stradlater? (ch15)

Stradlater was as rich as Holden and had similarly fancy suitcases as Holden did, but even though Slagle was a funny and smart guy Holden just hated rooming wth him because he was not as wealthy

What movie did Phoebe go see? (ch21)

The Doctor

What does Holden do/where does he go? What does he see to start off the show? (ch18)

They meet at the Wicker Bar for drinks (Holden and Carl) When they got their the Rockettes were doing a show

What do you know about the two nuns? (ch15)

They were schoolteachers from Chicago and were going to start teaching at a convent nearby soon. One nun taught English and the other taught history. nice smiles, kind faces, they were only having toast and it depressed Holden because he had more on his plate, they thanked Holden a million times for donating money to them

Who used to perform there? What would their performances be like? (ch19)

Two French babes, Tina and Janine - their performance would be one of them playing piano poorly and one singing half in French and half English

What was the name of the bar Holden was going to visit Carl Luce at? (ch18)

Wicker Bar

Who is Carl Luce seeing now? (ch19)

a Chinese girl who lives in New York at the Villages

What is a flit? (ch19)

a gay man

Who does Holden ask about Phoebe in the park? What was she doing? Where did she say Phoebe was, before Holden remembered it was Sunday? How did Holden help her? (ch16)

a little girl sitting on a bench at the park putting on rollerskates she said Phoebe might be at the museum helped her put on her skates

What was the plot of the movie Holden went to see? Did he like it? (ch18)

a love story - an English guy loses his memory from an accident the war and meets this girl and falls in love, but then he gets hit in the head with a ball while playing a game and it brings back his old memory that he used to have a fiancé and was about to get married. He decides to marry the new girl he fell in love with instead and all the characters find love at the end.

Where were Holden's parents? (ch21)

a party in Norwalk, Connecticut

What does Holden want to get for Phoebe, and why? (ch16)

a record called "Little Shirley beans" she knew Phoebe would love it and sing it very well

Does Holden go into the museum? Why/why not? (Ch16)

all of a sudden it didn't appeal to him to go in there - he knew Phoebe wouldn't be in there since it's Saturday

What happens to Holden when he gets drunk? (ch20)

always shivers a lot/gets cold

What does Holden ask the little girl the same age as his sister to do? How does she respond? (Ch16)

asked her if she would have chocolate with him, she says no

What cliques does Holden mention to Sally when he's speechifying and yelling about things at the cafe at the skating rink? (ch17)

basketball team, catholics, intellectuals, guys that play bridge, book of the month club

What pajamas was Phoebe wearing? (ch21)

blue pajamas with red elephants on them

Why doesn't Holden know about bores? Why does he have to be careful about that? How does one of his many roommates, Harris Mackim, play into this thought of his? (ch17)

bores could be mean guys or talkative or end up with pretty great girls - says you have to be careful with calling people bores because they could end up being okay people He roomed with a really boring guy Harris Mackim that was a terrific whistler so he didn't do Holden any harm to be around, he figures maybe all bores aren't that bad

What does Holden have in his hair in the park? Why does he believe he's going to die? (ch20)

chunks of ice in his hair (because his hair is wet and it is very cold outside) he is afraid he could get pneumonia and die

What does Holden's dad do? What investments does he make? (ch15)

corporation lawyer he invests money in shows on broadway

What does Holden end up doing until 1am? (ch20)

drinking and drinking

What does Holden do when they end up in the bar after ice skating? What does he do when he's bored? (ch17)

gave sally a cigarette and ordered drinks he burns matches when he's antsy

Why did Holden want to take the bus, rather than a cab? (ch20)

he didn't have a lot of money left

What happens to Phoebe's record? (ch20)

he drops it and it breaks into a bunch of pieces

What two things left Holden feeling bad about his interactions with the nuns? (ch15)

he felt bad that he only gave them 10$ and that he accidentally blew cigarette smoke in their faces

What was Holden's initial thought/reaction when sally showed up? Why didn't Holden mind that she was late?

he felt like marrying her - she looked great so he didn't care

What does Holden do in the bathroom? Where does he end up sitting? (ch20)

he fills a sink with water and then sticks his head in it he ends up sitting on top of the radiator

What does Holden pretend to do while sitting at the bar getting drunker and drunker? (ch20)

he pretends again like he was shot in the stomach with a gun and he was wounded on a mission

Who/what did Holden see as he was walking around after leaving Grand Central Station that made him feel better? (ch16)

he saw a family leaving church who had a little boy who was singing for fun and walking down the street and it cheered him up

Hoe does Holden convince this elevator boy to take him up to his parents' apartment? (ch21)

he says he has a bag leg and needs to sit down

What does Holden go off on a diatribe/speech about? What does he want to do; what does he ask Sally to do? (ch17)

he says he hates everything and hates being afraid of everything staying the same without him acting to change is own life he want to get out of there and drive up to Massachusetts or Vermont asks sally to marry him

Why doesn't Holden want to wait to marry Sally and vacation around? (ch17)

he says he wouldn't want to waste time going through college and having to say goodbye to peopled explain themselves, they could just leave now

What did Holden do as he ordered scotch and sodas? (ch19)

he stood up to show them that he was tall so they wouldn't try to card him (since he is underage)

What is Holden's attitude toward himself the entire time he's with Sally? (ch17)

he thinks the play and actors aren't good and that he's better than everyone else in the theater

What type of movies did Holden think of after the movie he saw? What does this lead him to reveal about his brother? (ch18)

he thought about war movies his brother DB was in the army for 4 years - he said he really hated the army and that the American soldiers were just as bad as the Nazi soldiers. Said his brother never had to shoot anybody

What does Holden tell Sally that makes her angry at the end of ch17? What does he then do that compounds the issue and makes it even worse? (Ch17)

he told her she was a pain in the ass and then when he's apologizing he laughs when he shouldn't have

What does Holden do when she figures it out? (ch21)

he tries to calm her down because she gets upset that their Dad is gonna kill Holden and he tells her that he might try to find a job out on a ranch somewhere for a while

What was the big issue with the bartender there? (ch19)

he was a big phony snob who did not care about anyone in his bar unless they were a celebrity

What was Holden worried about while talking wth the nuns? (Ch15)

he was afraid that they would ask if he was catholic

Why didn't Holden order room service when he woke up at the start of ch15?

he was afraid they would send his food with Maurice (the guy who beat him up and rook money)

What would Carl Luce do as Holden's student advisor? What did he give lectures on? (ch19)

he would give them lectures about sex and crazy stories about creepy people having sex with animals and whatnots

How was Phoebe sleeping? (ch21)

her face on the side of the pillow and her mouth way open

What do you know about Dick Slagle? (ch15)

his roommate when he went to Elkton Hills, who used really cheap suitcases that he hid under his bed (Holden Hates cheap suitcases), it depressed Holden because Holden's suitcases were so fancy compared to Slagle's - Slagle secretly liked Holden's fancy suitcases to be showing because he would tell people they were his, and he always borrowed Holden's fancy things and said they were his

What did Sally and Holden do in the cab? Why didn't she want to? Why did Holden believe she ultimately did it? (ch17)

horsed around - she didn't want to because it would ruin her lipstick - holden thinks she did it because he was being seductive

What bothered Holden when he would go with his parents to visit Allie's grave? (ch20)

if it started raining, all the people visiting in the cemetery would just get into their cars and put the heat on and go out to dinner or something but Holden's brother Allie couldn't do that because he was dead, he was trapped in the cemetery

Why did Holden tell Phoebe he failed out of Pencey? (ch22)

it was an awful school full of mean bullies and phony people who didn't care about anyone else

Why did Holden like the movie theater at the museum? What would it show? (ch16)

nice smell, cozy you get to pass through hallways of a bunch of cool stuff - he liked to look at paintings/sculptures of naked Native American/eskimo women

Are there any ducks? (ch20)

no

Had Holden ever danced with Jane? (ch18)

no

What happened at Pencey on Veteran's Day? (ch22)

past people who have graduated from Pencey a while ago come back to the school and one old man knocked on their door and asked if he could look in the bathroom to see if his initials he carved on one of the toilets decades ago was still there. He wouldn't stop chatting with them about how Pencey was such a great place

What is Carl Luce's dad's occupation? (ch19)

psychoanalyst

Where does Holden go after leaving the hotel? why? (ch15)

put his bags in a storage place because he doesn't want to go home yet or stay at the same hotel, and then went to a little sandwich shop for breakfast

What does the hat check girl make Holden do before he leaves? (ch20)

put on his red hunting hat because his hair was still wet

What does Phoebe do every Sunday? (ch16)

rollerskating in the park

What is Carl Luce's suggestion for what Holden needs to do? (ch19)

see a psychoanalyst or call Luce's dad to set up an appointment

What does Phoebe ask Holden to do, but he can't concentrate? (ch22)

she asks him to name one thing he likes but he can't concentrate

What bothered him the most about the lady sitting next to him (at the movies)? (ch18)

she was crying the whole movie

What does Holden do after he leaves the phone booth? (ch20)

sits in there for a while clutching the phone and then eventually stumbles into the men's room

What does Holden try to imagine his mom, or aunt, or Sally Hayes's mom doing? (ch16)

standing outside with a little basket trying to collect money like the basket the nuns had

What does Sally keep asking Holden to do? (ch17)

stop screaming at him

What will Holden do if there's another war? (ch18)

take him out and put him in front of the firing squad to be killed

Who does Sally tell Holden about, and why do you think she told him? (ch15)

tells Holden about a Harvard boy who is really into her and keeps calling her, she is trying to make Holden jealous/make him step up his game

What does Holden admit to Luce at the end of ch19?

that he is lonesome

Where is the Wicker Bar located? (ch19)

the Seton Hotel

What did Holden say never changed at the museum? What did change? (ch16)

the art that you pass on the way was always the same - the only thing that changed was that you were older and wear something different

Who does Holden have a conversation with in the bathroom? (ch20)

the piano player that was playing with Valencia - asks him to tell her to get a drink with him but he keeps telling Holden to go home because he's drunk

Who does Holden invite for a drink via the head waiter? (ch20)

the singer Valencia that was performing at the bar

What was the worst part to Holden about asking Sally to move to Vermont with him? (ch17)

the worst part is that he never really would want to go on a vacation with Sally but when he said it to her he believes he actually meant it in that moment

What was the problem with the way the Lunts acted in the play? (ch17)

they acted like they knew they were too good of actors

Where do Sally and Holden go after the play? Why? Why did sally want to go there? (ch17)

they go ice skating at Radio City sally wanted to go to kill time before dinner she really wanted to go to dress in a cute skate outfit so people could see her

Why does Holden hate actors? What actor did DB take him and Phoebe to see? Why did Holden not like his performance? (ch16)

they never act like people Sir Laurence Olivier in Hamlet he wasn't an authentic Hamlet (wasn't sad enough to play Hamlet properly)

What does Holden tell Sally after the cab slams to a stop? What does she ask him to do? (ch17)

told her he loved her - asks him to let his hair grow out

Where does Holden decide to go when he leaves the bar? (ch20)

walks over to the park

Why did Holden go to the park? (ch16)

wanted to get out of broadway and closer to where Phoebe would be

Who does Holden want to call initially? Who does he end up calling? Why does he call her? (ch20)

wants to call Jane initially but ends up calling Sally because he says he was too drunk to want to call Jane and be asks Sally if he can trim her Christmas tree since Christmas is coming up

What was Holden's favorite part of Hamlet? (ch16)

when Ophelia's brother was receiving advice from his father and was goofing off instead of listening