The Catcher in the Rye

What does Holden Caufield hate to hear yelled at people?

• "Break a leg!"

• "Take care of yourself!"

• "Stay out of trouble!"

• "Good luck!"

Identify the character being referred to by the bolded pronoun:

“…I figured I probably wouldn’t see him again till Christmas vacation started. He wrote me the note saying he wanted to see me before I went home."

• Old Spencer

• Thurmer

• Ackley

• Stradlater

Identify the character being referred to by the bolded pronoun: “He hated Stradlater’s guts and he never came in the room if Stradlater was around. He hated everybody’s guts…”

• Holden

• Ackley

• D.B.

• Thurmer

What type of equipment did Holden leave on the subway, causing his team members to ostracize him?

• fencing

• polo

• football

• soccer

Holden was failing every subject at Pencey Prep except?

• Math

• Sociology

• Biology

• English

What does Mr. Spencer tell Holden?

• "Life is a game that one plays according to the rules."

• "To be or not to be, that is the question."

• "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

• "To thyne own self be true."

Holden’s dorm is named after an adult named Ossenburger who Holden greatly respects.

• True

• False

At this point in the novel, Holden’s family is aware that he has flunked out of Pencey Prep.

• True

• False

To what school did the narrator go?

• Pencey Prep

• Yale

• Harvard

• Chilton Prep

What is the first name of the narrator?

• Caufield

• Holden

• Mike

• Harlan