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The Catcher in the Rye – Quiz 1

The Catcher in the Rye – Quiz 1. Why is Holden standing at the top of Thomsen Hill instead of being down at the football game? (2 reasons) Why did it make Holden nervous that Stradlater was going out with Jane Gallagher? Why did Holden write about Allie’s glove?

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The Catcher in the Rye – Quiz 1

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  1. The Catcher in the Rye – Quiz 1 • Why is Holden standing at the top of Thomsen Hill instead of being down at the football game? (2 reasons) • Why did it make Holden nervous that Stradlater was going out with Jane Gallagher? • Why did Holden write about Allie’s glove? • Why did Holden's parents want to have him psychoanalyzed? • What does Holden do right after he gets up from his fight with Stradlater?

  2. The Catcher in the Rye – Ch. 1-3 • Why is Holden standing at the top of Thomsen Hill instead of being down at the football game? (2 reasons) • Who is Mr. Spencer and why is Holden going to see him? • What advice does Spencer give Holden and what does he make Holden reluctantly do? • Who is Ackley and what’s so bad about him?

  3. The Catcher in the Rye – Ch. 3-4 • Who is Stradlater and what does he tell Holden that enthuses him? • Of what Holden remembers about Jane Gallagher, which memory of her does Holden fixate on? • What does Holden repeatedly say he should do while talking with Stradlater, but just doesn’t feel like it?

  4. The Catcher in the Rye – Ch. 5-6 • What does Holden choose to write about for Stradlater’s composition and what makes it special? • What does Holden do with the composition? Why? • Starting out playful, at what point does Holden’s confrontation with Stradlater become truly physical? • What putdown does Holden repeatedly say to provoke Stradlater? Why?

  5. The Catcher in the Rye – Ch. 7-9 • Why doesn’t Holden sleep in Ely’s bed in Ackley’s room and, instead, decide to leave in the middle of the night? • On page 52, Holden mentions that the skates his mother gave him made him sad. Why? • Who sits down next to Holden on the train? What does he lie to her about? Why? • In what sort of hotel does Holden stay? What sorts of “perverts” are there? Why doesn’t he just go home?

  6. The Catcher in the Rye – Ch. 9-10 • Who is the first person Holden calls? Why do you suppose he doesn’t arrange to meet her the next day as she suggests? • Who does Holden meet in the nightclub of the hotel? Why do these women depress him? Why does he spend time with them then?

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