Catcher in the Rye - Ch 4-7

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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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Holden says, "I didn't have anything special to do, so I went down to the can and chewed the rag with him" (Salinger 26). What does "chew the rag" mean?

• eat a snack

• have small talk

• discuss important matters

• do homework

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Holden says that Stradlater is handsome, but says he's also a secret ______________.

• neat freak

• nervous wreck

• agent

• slob

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Holden do that annoys Stradlater?

• smokes
• cuts his toenails
• trims his moustache
• eats all their food

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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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

After Stradlater gets mad at Holden about the essay, what does Holden do to the essay?

• Tears it up and eats it.

• Tears it up and throws it in the trash.

• Flushes it down the toilet.

• Burns holes in it with a cigarette.

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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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What does Holden yell at everyone right before leaving the school?

• "I hate you!"
• "Sleep tight, ya morons!"
• "You're gentlemen and scholars!"
• "See ya in the funny papers!"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3