Chapter 24

1. What does Mr. Antolini calls D.B. and tells him?

He tells D.B. that the mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause,
while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.

2. What was one of the classes we learning Holden fails? What did he have to do in that
class? Why did Holden fail it?

He is failing Oral Expression because you are supposed to avoid digression.

3. What does Mrs. Antolini not want Holden to do?

She doesn’t want Holden to look at her because her hair is in curlers and she had removed
her makeup.

4. In the previous chapters, Holden sneaks around trying to avoid his parents. What does
Mr. Antolini tell him that makes this ironic?

5. What is Mr. Antolini trying to convince Holden to do?

He is trying to convince Holden that school is cool.

6. Holden falls asleep on the couch. What wakes him up suddenly? What does he do?

Holden felt something on his head, which caused him to wake up all of a sudden. He looked
over and saw Mr. Antolini with his hand on his head.