Review Game
CATCHER IN THE RYE
1.
Holden took this date to the show with the
Lunts.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Jane
Sally
Phoebe
Allie
B. SALLY
2. Pimply and with bad breath, he invited himself
into Holden’s room frequently.
a. D.B.
b. Luce
c. Ackley
d. Stradlater
C. ACKLEY
3. Holden’s younger brother who died of
Leukemia
a. Allie
b. D.B.
c. Stradlater
d. Castle
A. ALLIE
4. The Columbia student who advises Holden to
see a psychoanalyst
a. Mr. Antolini
b. Jane
c. James Castle
d. Carl Luce
D. CARL LUCE
5. The friend with whom Holden doesn’t trust
Stadlater.
a. Jane
b. Ackley
c. Phoebe
d. Sally
A. JANE
6. Holden’s brother, a writer in Hollywood
a. Spencer
b. D.B.
c. Allie
d. Ackley
B. D.B.
7. The boy who jumped out a window rather than
take back what he said about someone
a. Carl Luce
b. Robert Ackley
c. Holden Caulfield
d. James Castle
D. JAMES CASTLE
8. The teacher who horrifies Holden by patting
him on the head one night.
a. Mr. Antolini
b. Mr. Spencer
c. Mr. Thrurman
d. Maurice
A. MR. ANTOLINI
9. Holden’s younger sister
a. Allie
b. Phoebe
c. Sunny
d. Jane
B. PHOEBE
10. Holden’s teacher who flunked him but wished
him best of luck
a. Mr. Thurman
b. Mr. Antolini
c. Mr. Spencer
d. Carl Luce
C. MR. SPENCER
11. Holden is telling the story from
a. a hotel in New York City
b. a psychiatric center in California
c. a prep school in Pennsylvania
d. a state mental hospital in England
B. A PSYCHIATRIC CENTER IN CALIFORNIA
12. Holden bought a red hat because
a. he likes to hunt
b. he wanted to give it to his sister
c. he likes the way he looks in it
d. he needed to replace the one that was stolen
C. HE LIKES THE WAY HE LOOKS IN IT
13. Holden has been a friend to him, but he turns
a deaf ear when Holden needs a friend and a
place to sleep.
a. Mr. Antolini
b. Ackley
c. Stradlater
d. James Castle
B. ACKLEY
14. Which of these does not describe Stradlater?
a. handsome
b. messy
c. sensitive
d. narcissistic
C. SENSITIVE
15. Holden takes out the catcher’s mitt because
he plans to
a. show it to Ackley
b. use it to play ball with the kid down the hall
c. memorize the poems on it
d. write a composition about it
D. WRITE A COMPOSITION ABOUT IT
16. When Holden finds out that Stradlater is
dating Jane, Holden feels mainly
a. angry with Jane
b. mistrustful of Stradlater
c. bored by the news
d. relieved that Jane has found someone
B. MISTRUSTFUL OF STRADLATER
17. Like Phoebe, Allie
a. was always in trouble at school
b. seldom laughed
c. often got mad
d. had red hair
D. HAD RED HAIR
18. When Holden realizes that the woman on the
train is the mother of a classmate, he
a. stops talking to her
b. lies to her about all of the trouble her son
has been in
c. tells her honestly how little her liked her son
d. lies to her about how well her son is doing
D. LIES TO HER ABOUT HOW WELL HER SON IS
DOING
19. Holden stays at the hotel because he
a. enjoys watching perverts
b. knows his parents wouldn’t allow him to
come home
c. is planning to meet Sally there
d. doesn’t want to face his parents yet
D. DOESN’T WANT TO FACE HIS PARENTS YET
20. 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
d. Jane Gallagher fooling around with Stradlater
C. A VARIETY OF BIZARRE SEX ACTS GOING ON
IN OTHER ROOMS OF THE HOTEL
21. When Holden calls the Burlesque stripper,
a. she tells him to get lost
b. she kindly tells him he is too young
c. he says he can’t meet her another night
d. he confirms their meeting at midnight
C. HE SAYS HE CAN’T MEET HER ANOTHER
NIGHT
22. Holden kissed Jane
a. once when she cried
b. once after her date with Stradlater
c. often when they play checkers
d. often when they drove around in cabs
A. ONCE WHEN SHE CRIED
23. Holden often wants to know where the ducks
go
a. during hunting season
b. when the lagoon freezes
c. when summer storms blow
d. when parking lots are built
B. WHEN THE LAGOON FREEZES
24. Holden brags his “terrific capacity” for
a. fighting
b. drinking
c. attracting women
d. athleticism
B. DRINKING
25. Holden gives ____ $10
a. The nuns
b. Phoebe
c. Sunny
d. Sally
A. THE NUNS
26. Holden gets this gift for Phoebe but breaks it
a. a record
b. a mirror
c. a vase
d. a snowglobe
A. A RECORD
27. Sally and Holden become tense after Sally
refuses to
a. kiss him
b. go away with him
c. go to the snow
d. go skating
B. GO AWAY WITH HIM
28. When Phoebe asks what Holden would like to
be, he says
a. a lawyer
b. a writer
c. he wants to save the children
d. a dream -chaser
C. HE WANTS TO SAVE THE CHILDREN
29. Holden fantasizes about pretending to be
a. a deaf mute
b. a famous actor
c. a murdered
d. a ghost
A. A DEAF MUTE
30. Holden feels happy at the end as he watches
Phoebe
a. unpack her suitcase
b. return to school
c. visit the mummies
d. ride the carrousel
D. RIDE THE CARROUSEL
31. The author of this novel is
a. Arthur Miller
b. William Shakespeare
c. J.D. Salinger
d. Mark David Chapman
C. J.D. SALINGER