The Catcher in the Rye 6 -12

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What does Holden say as he leaves Pencey?

"Sleep tight, ya morons!"

What question does Holden ask Ackley when he wakes him up?

"What's the routine on joining a monastery? . . . Do you have to be a Catholic and all?"

Who is Hazel Weatherfield?

A character in Phoebe's book

About whom does constantly refer to as a prostitute?

D. B.

What bothers Holden's mom about Jane's family?

Dog crap

Who does Holden "see" that gets the girls so excited?

Gary Cooper

What did Holden ask the cab driver?

He asked where the ducks from the Central Park lagoon go in the wintertime.

Why isn't Holden able to fall asleep in Ackley's room?

He keeps thinking about Jane and Stradlater in Ed Banky's car.

What does Stradlater say that makes Holden try to punch him?

He says that he and Jane just sat in Ed Banky's car during their date and refuses to give any more details, saying, "that's a professional secret, buddy."

Who's mom marries a booze hound?

Jane

What bothered "the hell" out of Holden?

Jane's sadness and her trying to hide it by rubbing her tear into the checkerboard

What was the name of the room that Holden goes to in the hotel?

Lavender Room

Who does Holden see at Ernie's?

Lillian Simmons

What kind of shows depress Holden?

Musicals

Does Holden win the fight with Stradlater?

NO

What kind of girls does Holden say, in these chapters, he likes?

Ones he doesn't feel much like kidding.

When Holden drinks booze....it's?

Scotch

Who is Ernie?

a big fat colored guy that plays the piano at a night club in Greenwich Village

What/Who does Holden see at the Edmont Hotel?

a variety of bizarre sexual innuendos

According to Holden, Ernest is?

an insensitive person who was "doubtless the biggest bastard that ever went to Pencey"

What does the lobby at the hotel smell like?

fifty million dead cigars

What's Holden's deal with kissing?

never on the mouth

What does the second cabbie explain to Holden?

the fish stay in the frozen pond...mother nature takes care of them

Who does Holden sit next to on the train?

the mother of Ernest Morrow (one of Holden's classmates at Pencey Prep)

What did Holden and Jane do after they almost made out?

went to a movie


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