CATCHER IN THE RYE 24-26

In what state does Holden find Mr. Antolini?

• It’s apparent he’s been drinking.

• He’s woken him up.

• Dressed for the theater

• Sitting in an armchair wrapped in a blanket with the flu

What does Holden say about digressions in speeches?

• He thinks they are interesting.

• He practices really hard to do them well

• Kids are rewarded for their use of clever digressions.

• He finds them really boring.

What does Mr. Antolini think is about to happen to Holden?

• He thinks he’s in for a major psychological fall.

• He is about to achieve great things.

• He’s going to get in a lot of trouble with his parents.

• He’s going to become a great philosopher.

What does Holden say about the guys at Pencey?

• He actually kind of misses them.

• He thinks they’re like everyone else in the world.

• He hates them.

• He wishes they were there with him.

Why does Holden run out of the apartment in the middle of the night?

• He’s freaked out when he wakes up to feel Mr. Antolini stroking his hair.

• He wants to check himself into a hospital for observation.

• He decides to get on a bus to Maine that night.

• He wakes up in a sweat realizing he needs to come clean to his parents right away.

Whom does Holden talk to every time he crosses the street the next day?

• Allie

• The first passerby he sees

• A little boy walking along the curb

• Cabbies

What disturbs Holden at Phoebe’s school?

• The words “Fuck you” written on the school walls

• The rude kids he runs into

• One of Phoebe’s notebooks that he finds on the stairs

• He sees a teacher hit a student

Why does Phoebe have a suitcase when she meets Holden?

• She wants to run away with Holden but he won’t let her.

• She’s bringing Holden some of his clothes from home.

• She’s bringing Holden his suitcase from Grand Central.

• She wants to teach Holden a lesson.

Where has Holden been while telling the story of what happened to him?

• Convalescing in a recovery home

• In the Pencey Prep headmaster's office

• Riding around Central Park in a taxi

• At a payphone talking with Jane

What’s the problem with talking to people about your life, according to Holden?

• You start to miss people.

• They don’t get what you’re saying.

• They give bad advice.

• You scare them off.