The Catcher in the Rye Chapters 1-10

When Holden left the fencing team's equipment on the subway they reacted by _________ him.

• ostracizing
• alluring
• embracing
• reassuring

Where is Holden as he narrates the story?

• He is at his parents' house in New York
• He is on a plane flying to Europe.
• He is in the school library.
• He is at a rest home in California.

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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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Why wouldn't Holden be back to Pencey after Christmas vacation?

• He had been expelled because he failed four of five subjects.
• He had lost his athletic scholarship and could not afford tuition.
• He had been given an early acceptance to college and was starting the next semester.
• His father was sick and he had to go to work to help support the family.

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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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Identify Jane Gallagher.

• She was the sister of a boy on the fencing team. 
• She had lived next door to Holden before he came to Pencey. They played checkers and became good friends.
• He was the headmaster's daughter. Holden had been dating her until her father made them stop.
• She was the daughter of his mother's best friend.  Holden introduced her to Stradlater.

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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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Who is the author of Catcher in the Rye?

• Holden Caulfield
• JD Salinger
• DB Salinger
• DB Caulfield

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