Catcher In The Rye Test Questions

Knowledge Questions
1. Holden wonders about the fate of which animals in Central Park?
A. The foxs
B. The wolfs
C. The ducks
D. The panthers

2. Before Holden leaves, What does Phoebe give him?

A. A new hat
B. Her Christmas money
C. Some advice
D. A membership to the museum

Comprehension Questions

3. What does the elevator operator offer Holden?

A. A prostitute
B. Room service
C. A mint
D. A drink

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4. What does Holden discuss with the Nuns?
A. New York Mets baseball
B. How nice New York is
C. Holdens Life
D. Romeo and Juliet

5. What does Mr. Spencer say to Holden about life?

A. Your life is terrible.
B. Life is a game boy, Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.
C. Life is a game boy, with rules that should be broken.
D. I had a great life

Application Questions

6. Why is the red hat significant to Holden?

A. He likes it
B. It resembles what he wants to be
C. It was a gift
D. He stole it from his dad

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7. Why is it significant when Holden is so happy he could cry?

A. When he is talking about jane
B. When he sees phoebe on the carousal
C. When he gets to New York
D. When he sees his mom and dad again

8. Salingers writing style can best be described as..

A. Classical literature
B. Very straight forward
C. Unique and difficult to read
D. Lame
9. If you could ask Holdens parents three questions what would they be?

10. What kind of tone does the following quote give to the reader?
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.

Analysis Questions

11. Why did Holden leave Mr. Antolinis apartment?

A. Mr. Antolini had a heart attack
B. Mr. Antolini was feeling him up
C. Holden was bored
D. He had to go home

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12. Witch quote shows Salingers unique writing style?

A. But while I was sitting down, I saw something that drove me crazy
B. "I know it's a poem by Robert Burns."
C. I kept picturing myself catching him at it,
D. Game, my ass. Some game. If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then its a game,
all rightIll admit that. But if you get on the other side, where there arent any hot-shots, then
whats a game about it? Nothing. No game.

13. Analyze how this quote shows Salingers writing style.

Boy, 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

14. What inferences can you make about Holden from this quote?
I thought it was 'If a body catch a body,'" I said. "Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids
playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around
nobody big, I mean except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have
to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff I mean if they're running and
they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's
all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only
thing I'd really like to be. I know it's crazy.

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15. Which of these quotes justifies Holdens actions in his eyes?

A. "Yes, I do. He's in my class."
B. was because I was surrounded by phonies. That's all. They were coming in the goddam
window. For instance, they had this headmaster, Mr. Haas that was the phoniest bastard I ever
met in my life.
C. Rudolf Schmidt," I told her. I didn't feel like giving her my whole life history.
D. "Oh, how nice!

Synthesis Questions

16. Recreate this quote in your own words to show loneliness. Well take me to the Edmont
then," I said. "Would you care to stop on the way and join me for a cocktail? On me, I'm loaded

17. If you could change one thing about Holdens character, what would you change?

18. Create what you imagine what Holdens childhood was like.

Evaluation Questions

19. Infer why the graffiti in New York bothered Holden.

20. That's depressing, when somebody says "please" to you. I mean if it's Phoebe or somebody.
That depressed the hell out of me. But I put the dough back in my pocket.
Infer why the one of the only people Holden loves, makes him depressed.

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