catcher in the rye 1-15

The story opens on a December evening with our hero packing his things at Pencey Preparatory School. Why?

• Graduation
• Bad grades
• Christmas break
• Road trip with the fencing team

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Who of the following is NOT a sibling of our hero?

• Jane
• Allie
• DB
• Phoebe

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Why wasn't Holden at the big football game?

• He couldn't afford the ticket.
• He was on academic probation and was not allowed to attend.
• He had just returned to school with the fencing team and had to see his history teacher.
• He had to finish a term paper that was due the next Monday.

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Who is Robert Ackley?

• He was tall and athletic, with a good sense of humor.
• He was fair-skinned and had a large birthmark on his right cheek. He was intelligent and friendly.
• He was short and heavy with a mean disposition.
• He had a pimply face. He was a nuisance and rather nasty.

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Who is Stadlater?

• He was Holden's English professor. He tried to encourage Holden to stay in school.
• He was the coach of the fencing team. He wanted Holden to pay for the lost equipment.
• He was Holden's good-looking, but conceited roommate.
• He was a shy boy who lived down the hall from Holden.

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What did Holden write about for Stradlater's composition?

• About his bedroom, when he was a little boy.
• About the inside of a New York subway car.
• About the shower stall between his room and the adjoining one.
• About his dead brother's baseball glove.

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Why did Stradlater hit Holden?

• Holden cursed at Stradlater for stretching out his jacket.
• Holden refused to turn the lights out and stop smoking.
• Holden called him a moron, and then threw a punch at him.
• It was Stradlater's way of showing that he didn't want Holden to leave the school.

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Where did Holden decide to go?

• He thought he would go to California to see his brother.
• He decided to visit Jane Gallagher.
• He thought it best to go directly to his parents' house.
• He decided to leave Pencey early and stay in a hotel in New York for a few days.

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What do we learn about Holden from his diversion about his gloves being stolen at Pencey?

• He calls himself a coward, but he is really too humane to hurt anyone.
• He is very selfish and materialistic.
• He will jump at any chance to fight.
• Possessions don't mean a lot to him.

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What was Holden's opinion of actors?

• He said they were all snobs.
• He said they were morons who couldn't get decent jobs.
• He said they were jerks who only thought about money.
• He said they were the biggest phonies of all.

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