Catcher in the Rye

What is the name of the school Holden is attending at the beginning of his story?

• The Whooton School

• Pencey Prep

• Elkton Hills

• Don Bosco High

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Holden was forced to return early to school from New York because

• He lost the fencing team’s equipment.

• He needed to see Mr. Spencer.

• His parents caught him in their apartment.

• He desperately wanted to see the final football game.

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What item of clothing did Holden buy during the team’s trip to New York?

• A hound’s-tooth jacket

• A red hunting hat

• A pink leisure suit

• A brown derby

Holden wonders about the fate of which animals in Central Park?

• The feral dogs roaming the Nature Preserve

• The goats in the Children’s Zoo

• The squirrels in the Sheep Meadow

• The ducks in the lagoon

After Holden checks into his room at the Edmont Hotel, what does he see out of his window?

• A variety of bizarre sex acts going on in other rooms of the hotel

• Jane Gallagher fooling around with Stradlater

• A flock of ducks flying away from the Central Park lagoon

• A parade

The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden

• A prostitute

• Complimentary breakfast

• Movie tickets

• Alcohol

Holden claims he can’t sleep with Sunny because

• He loves her too much.

• He’s a virgin.

• He’s just had an operation on his “clavichord.”

• He’s mourning the death of his mother.

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Holden thinks _ is a prostitute for going to Hollywood.

• D.B.

• Allie

• Mr. Spencer

• Stradlater

What does Holden buy for Phoebe?

• A record titled “Little Shirley Beans”

• An autographed photograph of Robert Donat

• A pair of yellow shoes

• A book titled

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According to Holden, what is “the best thing” about the Museum of Natural History?

• “That everything always stayed right where it was”

• “That this one crazy Indian always reminds [him] of Allie”

• “That no goddam phonies ever went there”

• “That the birds look exactly like the ducks in the lagoon”

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