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secacucc Foon HMMS pny yyy OGL Ue: OULU CQwnaetetepo Katherine Edmunds 1. What motive does Holden have in this passage from the train? ~Emest just adores it.” “know he does,’ I id, Then I started shooting the old crap around a little bit.” a. To entertain others on the train b. Show his original and true self (¢) To intrigue and fool the lady iS d. To be honest and affiliate with her 2. How would you describe Holden’s relationship with Phoebe? a. I sided and contradictory Rough and rowdy (& Loving and open d. Serious and awkward 3. What changes would you make to this passage to make it grammatically correct? “'T got about a hundred pages to read for history for Monday,” a. I got about one hundred pages to read for history on Monday, @® Thave about one hundred pages to read for history that’s due on Monday c. [have about a hundred pages to read for History for Monday, . Thave about one hundred pages to read for History that’s due on Monday, 4. How would you show your understanding of the ducks in the pond’? ‘You know those ducks in that lagoon right near Central Park South? That litle 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?” (a) Change isn’t permanent b. Curiosity is bad ¢. Doesn’t symbolize anything 4. Fear will hurt you NX Analyze the tone ofthis passage “If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.” b. Upbeat c. Polite (4. Rushed LY 6. What changes would you make to fix Holden’s drinking problem? a. Give him more money Make him less depressed ¢. Give him enough money to just get by in school 4. Telling him not to go to bars 7. Who were the main characters at the hotel? a, Holden and Maurice b. Holden, Phoebe, and D.B. ¢. Holden and Sunny (4. Holden, Maurice, and Sunny 8. Can you explain what is meant by Phoebe placing the hunting hat on Holden? “Then what she did- it damn near killed me- she reached in my coat pocket and took out my red hunting hat and put it on my head.” a. It’s raining and Phoebe was protecting him from the rain ’b.) Phoebe accepts Holden for who he is c. Anact of love 4. Anact of support 9. How does the author achieve such an authentic tone in “The Catcher in the Rye”? a. None of the below b. Ethos 10. How is Holden similar to Stradlater in this passage? “He was always asking you to do him a big favor. You take a very handsome guy, or a guy who thinks he’s a real hot-shot, and they’re always asking you to do them a big favor.” a. They are both very genuine b. They are both handsome ¢. They both look up to each other WThey both think they are hot shots, but they are actually phony 1, The word nonchalant in context of this quote is best interpreted to mean... “I just got very cool and nonchalant.” a. Uptight ( b.) Relaxed ©. Crazy d. Upbeat 12. How would you improve Holden’s success in school? a. Have his friends tutor him (sive him a hardworking and helpful mentor ©. Put him into public school d. Give him more money 13. Which example best shows Holden’s relationship with Jane? a. “After all that, Jane and | got to be friends, and all.” b. “You never wanted to kid Jane too much.” ¢. “Lreally got to know her quite intimately.” “Lheld hands with her all the time, for instance. That doesn’t sound like much, 1 realize, but she was terrific to hold hands with.” 14, What might Holden’s choice of language reveal about the tone in this passage? “Old Spencer'd practically kill himself chuckling and smiling and all, like as if Thurmer was ‘a goddam prince or something.” a. MJagged and improper . Orderly and clean ¢. Proper and suitable d. Competent and appropriate 15, What type of rhetorical element does Salinger use in this passage? “The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it ‘was. Nobody’d move... Nobody'd be different. The only thing that would be different would be you.” a. Ethos |b. \Pathos \ Which example shows that'Holden likes change? The girls he ws = Ea Holden ADEs nk peeve b. His love for innocence J . () The ducks at the pond d. His love for the museum 17. What evidence can you find in this passage to prove that Holden is a good guy? “The first record store I went into had a copy of “Little Shirley Beans.” They charged me five bucks for it, because it was so hard to get, but I didn’t care. Boy, it made me so happy all of the sudden. I could hardly wait to get to the park to see if old Phoebe was around so that I could give it to her.” a. The record costed a lot so he was mad b. 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