The Catcher in the Rye-Ch. 17-26

What does Holden feel like doing the minute that he sees Sally at the beginning of chapter 17?

• Marrying her

• Leaving before speaking to her

• Calling Jane

• Leaving town with her

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After Holden calls Sally a “pain in the ass”, what does he do that puts his poor behavior over the top?

• He blows smoke in her face and walks away.

• He orders a meal, doesn’t eat it, and leaves Sally with the bill.

• He screams. “Just leave me alone!” and she runs away crying.

• He laughs at her when she is crying.

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Why is Holden annoyed with a woman at the movie theater?

• She won’t move out of the way as he is trying to get to his seat.

• Holden sneezes and she doesn’t say “God bless you.”

• She won’t take her child to the bathroom during the movie.

• She is chewing her popcorn and snacks as loudly as possible.

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Carl Luce keeps repeating some variation of which of the following statements?

• “I can’t wait to hang out with you in New Jersey.”

• “I think that you need to go home to your parents to straighten this out.”

• “I hope this isn’t another Caulfield conversation.”

• “I hope that you will go back to school and make things right.”

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What does Holden pretend happens to him at the Wicker Bar?

• He pretends that he is shot in the stomach.

• He pretends to punch out the band leader.

• He pretends to dance with Jane during a love song. 

• He pretends he drank too much and couldn’t walk.

How does Holden break Phoebe’s record?

• He tries to play it in a machine but it slips off and smashes to the floor.

• He was pretending to be a Frisbee champion and threw it across the park at a tree.

• He was drunk and dropped it in the park.

• Someone tried to take it from his coat as he was leaving the bar and in the fight with this person, it fell out of their hands and broke on the floor.

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What do we learn about Allie’s funeral?

• Many relatives from different parts of the country came to visit.

• Holden did not go to the funeral.

• Holden hated the idea of someone being buried.

• All of the above.

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Which of the following best represents Phoebe’s strong feelings for her brother?

• She saves the broken record that he brought to her.

• She can’t stop telling him story after story about her school play.

• She decides to keep his secret regarding Holden moving to Colorado.

• She cries when Holden tells her that he won’t be coming back home anymore.

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What does Phoebe figure out without Holden even having to tell her?

• That he is mad at his parents for sending him away.

• That he won’t be home for her Christmas play.

• That he has been kicked out of Pencey Prep.

• That he has been drinking at the bar with Carl Luce.

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What does the maid do that Phoebe complains about that is sort of like something that Holden would complain about?

• She makes her bed in a way that Phoebe doesn’t like.

• She is always coughing on Phoebe when she is putting her to bed.

• She always breathes on her food in an odd way.

• She never folds her clothes in the proper way.

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