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Study Guide Content Questions
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapters 1 – 5
And Vocabulary Words
ostracize
grippe
qualms
rostrum
exhibitionist
monotonous.
Review
1. Who was Holden's friend on the wrestling team?
2. What was served to the students of Pencey Prep for dinner on Saturdays?
3. What favor did Stradlater ask of Holden?
4. What did Holden say was funny about Jean when she played checkers?
5. While Spencer was talking, what does Holden wonder about?
6. What did Edgar Marsalla do while Ossenburger was speaking in church?
7. Holden claims he is the most terrific _________ you ever saw in your life.
8. What did Holden write about in Stradlater's composition?
9. Who roomed next to Holden that could not stand Stradlater?
10. What is the title of D.B.'s book of short stories?
11. What is the name of the school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania, that Holden leaves?
12. Who was Holden's history teacher?
13. Who died on July 18, 1946?
14. How many subjects was Holden failing?
15. What does Holden point out about his hair?
16. Who was Holden's roommate?
17. What did Holden purchase in New York after he lost the fencing equipment?
18. What team did Holden manage?
19. What did the driver make Holden get rid of before boarding the bus?
20. According to Dr. Thurmer, what is life?
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapters 6 - 10
Vocabulary:
unscrupulous
pacifist
tiff
incognito
suave
putrid
Review
1. What did Holden do when he worried?
2. Who was Ely?
3. What did Holden tell the three women his name was?
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Study Guide Content Questions
4. What did Holden do just to annoy Stradlater?
5. What nightclub did Holden go to in the hotel?
6. After standing in the phone booth for twenty minutes, whom does Holden end up
calling?
7. What did Stradlater hate?
8. Who did Holden call up to see if they were available for a cocktail?
9. Whose mother does Holden run into on the train to New York?
10. What hotel does Holden choose to stay at in New York?
11. What did Holden's mom buy for him that he packed before leaving?
12. What did Holden do with Stradlater's composition?
13. What did Holden sell to Frederick Woodruff for twenty dollars?
14. What did Holden start making cracks about that annoyed Ackley?
15. Where were the three women going in the morning?
16. Who was Rudolf Schmidt?
17. What was the man doing that Holden was staring at through the window of the
hotel?
18. What is Phoebe's favorite French movie?
19. What did Holden do with the three women at the nightclub?
20. Who was Ed Banky?
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapters 11 - 15
Vocabulary:
nonchalant
clavichord
bourgeois
Review
1. What type of dog did Jane Gallagher have in Maine?
2. What does Holden tell Sunny is the reason he can't have sex?
3. In the book Holden read at the Whooton School, what did Monsieur Blanchard
compare to a woman's
body?
4. Who was the girl that recognized Holden at Ernie's?
5. How much was it for a throw?
6. Who did Holden call after he awoke?
7. The taxi driver seems more concerned about the _______ than the ducks.
8. What is the name of the prostitute that stopped by Holden's room?
9. What individuals of the Bible did Holden dislike?
10. How much money did Maurice tell Holden he owed Sunny?
11. What was the name of the elevator operator at the Edmont Hotel?
12. How many balls did Jane lose the first time that she played golf with Holden?
13. What does Holden's father do for a living?
14. What instrument does Ernie play?
15. What did Maurice do to Holden?
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Study Guide Content Questions
16. Who was the taxi driver that Holden talked to about the Central Park ducks?
17. Who was Holden's roommate at Elkton Hills with the cheap suitcases?
18. Where did Holden and Sally arrange to meet at two o'clock?
19. Who is Mr. Cudahy?
20. Who did Holden talk to while eating breakfast?
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapters 16 - 20
VOCAB
swanky
mutiny
blasé
furlough
aristocratic
inane
Review
1. What did Holden and Sally do after the show?
2. What happened to Phoebe's record in Central Park?
3. What museum does Holden walk to while he searches for Phoebe?
4. Where is the woman that Carl Luce was dating from?
5. What did Holden say to Sally that got her extremely upset?
6. What did Holden say was the best thing about the museum?
7. Who was on stage when Holden walked into Radio City Music Hall?
8. Who was the best whistler that Holden ever knew?
9. What did Holden do to pass the time before going to the Wicker Bar?
10. Who did Holden call while he was drunk?
11. Who was the new woman singing at the Wicker Bar?
12. What was Sally wearing when she met Holden?
13. What topic does Holden keep asking Carl Luce about?
14. Who were the stars of the show that Holden and Sally attended?
15. Who was Holden going to meet at the Wicker Bar?
16. Where is the Wicker Bar located?
17. What does Carl Luce's father do for a living?
18. Who does Holden's aunt do charitable things for?
19. For what show does Holden purchase two tickets?
20. Where did Holden decide to go while he was in Central Park?
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapters 21 - 26
Complete.
Review
1. What did Holden help the two boys find in the museum?
2. Where was Mr. and Mrs. Antolini's apartment?
3. What former teacher does Holden call up for a place to stay?
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Study Guide Content Questions
4. What part was Phoebe going to play in A Christmas Pageant for Americans?
5. Where did Holden and Phoebe first visit on their walk?
6. Where did Holden and Phoebe go shopping for shoes last Christmas?
7. Why was Holden confident that the maid would not hear him enter the house?
8. What does Holden do after Phoebe gives him the money?
9. What was Phoebe carrying when she met up with Holden?
10. What did Holden do with Phoebe when he went back into her room?
11. What is Phoebe's real middle name?
12. What would the students in Oral Expression yell if someone got off topic?
13. Who is the student that died while Holden was at Elkton Hills?
14. What is Mrs. Antolini's first name?
15. Who did Holden pretend to talk to while he was walking down the street?
16. What does Phoebe tell her mother when she is questioned about smoking?
17. What was Mr. Antolini drinking while Holden was at his apartment?
18. Who is the author of the poem about meeting a body coming through the rye?
19. What woke up Holden when he was sleeping on the couch?
20. After leaving the Antolini's apartment, where did Holden go to sleep?