Catcher in The Rye Test Final

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Catcher in the Rye Questions

Knowledge Questions
1. What is the name of Holdens roommate at Pencey?
a. Peter
b. Spencer
c. Stradlater
d. Ackley
2. Which team did Holden manage at Pencey?
a. Football
b. Tennis
c. Chess
d. Fencing
Comprehension Questions
1. Which quote from the novel, best shows Holdens feelings of his family?
a. "Phoebe Weatherfield Caulfield 4B-1. That killed me. Her middle name
is Josephine, for God's sake"
b. "My mother gets very hysterical. She's not too bad after she gets something
thoroughly digested, though."
c. "My grandmother just sent me a wad about a week before"

d. "Now he's out in Hollywood, DB being a prostitute"
2. Which quote best explains why Holden dislikes phonies?
a. "One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was
surrounded by phonies."
b. "You know those ducks in that lagoon right near Central Park South?
That little lake? By any chance, do you happen to know where they go,
the ducks, when it gets all frozen over? Do you happen to know, by any
chance?" I realized it was only one chance in a million."
c. "We thought we could shoot something without BB guns. Anyway, Allie
heard us talking about it, and he wanted to go, and I wouldn't let him. I
told him he was a child. "
d. "Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If
there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll
volunteer for it, I swear to God I will"
3. Which of the following quotes doesn't show Holdens feelings of isolation
throughout the novel?
a. " I guess it was because I was feeling so damn depressed and lonesome.
Then, when I went out to the checkroom the hat-check girl was very nice.
I sort of tried to make a date with her. She said she was old enough to be
my mother and all. "
b." I remember around three o'clock that afternoon I was standing way
the hell up on top of Thomsen Hill."
c. As soon as I was inside, I couldnt think of anybody to call up.
d. What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading
it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and
you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That
doesn't happen much, though.
Application Questions
1. What impact did Phoebe have on Holdens decision to take life more
seriously?
a. She influences him through gentle encouragement
b. She influences him indirectly by going to their mother who in turn
gets him to take life
more seriously
c. She reproaches him which gets him to make changes in his life
d. She influences him indirectly by going through Jane who gets him to
take life more seriously
2. What are some examples of Salinger utilizing metaphors and symbolism
throughout the novel?
a. The ducks in Central Park, The composition about Allie
b. His relationship with his mother, the ducks in Central Park
c. The composition about Allie, and his relationship with Jane
d. His red hunting cap, the ducks in Central Park
3. How does Holden getting kicked out of school affect the way in which
Holden's behavior to others might be viewed by the reader?
a. It gets the reader to view him as angry as he has no positive
relationships with anyone
b. It gets the reader to view him as pensive as getting kicked out of
school gives him plenty of free time that he wouldn't have had otherwise to
evaluate his relationships with others
c. It gets the reader to view him as unmotivated because he shows that
he is unwilling to work at anything, whether its school or his relationships
d. It gets the reader to view him as burdened because all the phonies of
the world are out to get him
4. What does the red hunting cap teach us about Holden?
a. It show us how unwilling he is to conform because he isn't afraid to wear it
despite the fact that he never really has the 'proper' opportunity to wear it
b. It shows how afraid he is to mot conform because he is self-conscious to wear it
in front of others
c. It shows how attached he is to his family because the red hunting cap reminds
Holden of hunting trips Allie and Holden used to take with their father
d. It shows Holden attempting to not be Yellow because he is going to go hunting
which Holden sees as brave
5. What impact does the kid Holden sees singing 'catch a body, throw a body" in the
streets, have on Holden?
a. He makes Holden's day because it is Holden's favorite song

b. He reminds Holden of a time when kids are innocent which makes him
happy
c. He reminds Holden that Holden is a failure because Holden couldn't get
Phoebe a record with that song on it
d. Holden is angered because the kid's parents are paying no attention to
the kid, an action Holden sees as phony
Analysis Questions
1. What are similarities and differences in the way in which characters such as
Jane, Allie, a nd DB, characters which we hear about but never really meet,
affect the novel and affect the way in which we think about Holden?
(Compare/Contrast)
a. Jane is someone who Holden aspires to be a better person for, DB's
influence is undermined by the fact that he works in movies, and Allie
is responsible for Holdens hatred of phonies
b. Jane is responsible for many of his poor decisions because he is
frustrated by his inability to be with her and takes it out on others, DB
is responsible for Holden getting his life together, and Allie isn't really
remembered by Holden
c. Jane is someone Holden aspires to be a better person for, DB is
responsible for Holdens love of English, and Allie is responsible for his
love of fencing
d. Jane is someone whom Holden hates because he finds her clingy, DB
has no real influence, and Allie is responsible for his dislike of phonies
2. Compare the way in which Holden listens to his peers to the way he listens to
teachers.
a. He listens to teachers but not friends
b. He listens to friends but not teachers
c. He listens to everyone
d. He doesn't listen to either
3. Why does Holden like Jane but not Sally Hayes?
a. Jane is not a phony while Sally is
b. Sally made out with Stradlater while Jane did not
c. Jane is a superior checker's player
d. Jane liked the Lutz while Sally did not
4.
What does Holden see as the difference between himself and his siblings?
a. He is phony and they are not
b. They are smart and he is not
c. He isn't and ambitious and they are
d. He isn't phony and they are
5. What does Holden not like about both Luce and Mr.Antolini?
a. He thinks they are both perverts
b. He hates the subjects they teach
c. He dislikes how serious they are
d. Both a and b
Synthesis Questions
1. Identify the type of figurative language in quote below.
"...my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty
personal about them"
a.Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Hyperbole
d. Idiom
.Holden's usage of the word 'yellow' to refer to himself is least true in which of
the following?
a. His fight with Stradlater
b. Losing the fencing foils
c. Talking to his friend's mother
d. His night with Sunny
3. How should the following line from Phoebe's journal be changed to make it
more grammatically correct?
'Why has south eastern Alaska so many caning factories?
a. No changes are necessary
b. Addition of the word does, change caning to canning
c. Change the word 'has' to 'have', and move it to be directly after Alaska
d. Both b and c
Evaluation Questions
1. Throughout the novel, Holden is constantly trying to avoid being phony. Does
Holden succeed in being an authentic person or does he end up acting as
phony as everyone else?
2. Evaluate the significance of the proceeding quote in regards to how Holden

feels about Allie and phonies.
"When you're dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody
has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except
sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of
flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when
you're dead? Nobody."

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What does Holden dislike about both Luce and Mr.Antolini?

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c. "My grandmother just sent me a wad about a week before"

a. He makes Holden's day because it is Holden's favorite song

2. Evaluate the significance of the proceeding quote in regards to how Holden

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