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WorksheetsCatcher in the Rye
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where is Holden as he narrates the story?
a)
He is at his parents' house in New York
b)
He is on a plane flying to Europe.
c)
He is in the school library.
d)
He is at a rest home in California.
2.
Why wasn't Holden at the big football game?
a)
He couldn't afford the ticket.
b)
He was on academic probation and was not allowed to attend.
c)
He had just returned to school with the fencing team and had to see his history teacher.
d)
He had to finish a term paper that was due the next Monday.
3.
Why wouldn't Holden be back to Pencey after Christmas vacation?
a)
He had been expelled because he failed four of five subjects.
b)
He had lost his athletic scholarship and could not afford tuition.
c)
He had been given an early acceptance to college and was starting the next semester.
d)
His father was sick and he had to go to work to help support the family.
4.
Who is Robert Ackley?
a)
He was tall and athletic, with a good sense of humor.
b)
He was fair-skinned and had a large birthmark on his right cheek. He was intelligent and friendly.
c)
He was short and heavy with a mean disposition.
d)
He had a pimply face. He was a nuisance and rather nasty.
5.
Who is Stadlater?
a)
He was Holden's English professor. He tried to encourage Holden to stay in school.
b)
He was the coach of the fencing team. He wanted Holden to pay for the lost equipment.
c)
He was Holden's good-looking, but conceited roommate.
d)
He was a shy boy who lived down the hall from Holden.
6.
Identify Jane Gallagher.
a)
She was the sister of a boy on the fencing team.
b)
She had lived next door to Holden before he came to Pencey. They played checkers and became good friends.
c)
He was the headmaster's daughter. Holden had been dating her until her father made them stop.
d)
She was the daughter of his mother's best friend. Holden introduced her to Stradlater.
7.
What did Holden write about for Stradlater's composition?
a)
About his bedroom, when he was a little boy.
b)
About the inside of a New York subway car.
c)
About the shower stall between his room and the adjoining one.
d)
About his dead brother's baseball glove.
8.
Why did Stradlater hit Holden?
a)
Holden cursed at Stradlater for stretching out his jacket.
b)
Holden refused to turn the lights out and stop smoking.
c)
Holden called him a moron, and then threw a punch at him.
d)
It was Stradlater's way of showing that he didn't want Holden to leave the school.
9.
Where did Holden decide to go?
a)
He thought he would go to California to see his brother.
b)
He decided to visit Jane Gallagher.
c)
He thought it best to go directly to his parents' house.
d)
He decided to leave Pencey early and stay in a hotel in New York for a few days.
10.
Whom did Holden meet on his train ride?
a)
He met a friend of his mother.
b)
He met the mother of a school mate.
c)
He met a friend who had graduated from Pencey the previous year.
d)
He met one of his teachers from elementary school.
11.
Who is Phoebe?
a)
She is Holden's little sister.
b)
She is an old friend of Holden's brother.
c)
She is Holden's aunt, in whom he confides.
d)
She is a playmate from his early childhood.
12.
Why did Holden have to leave Ernie's?
a)
They evicted him because he was underage.
b)
He ran out of money.
c)
He was drunk and felt like he was going to be sick.
d)
He didn't want to sit with his brother's friend and her date.
13.
What do we learn about Holden from his diversion about his gloves being stolen at Pencey?
a)
He calls himself a coward, but he is really too humane to hurt anyone.
b)
He is very selfish and materialistic.
c)
He will jump at any chance to fight.
d)
Possessions don't mean a lot to him.
14.
What was the "big mess" Holden got into when he got back to the hotel after being at Ernie's?
a)
He was drunk and lost his temper. He destroyed furniture and punched walls.
b)
He was being chased by a group of young boys who wanted his money.
c)
He didn't have enough money to pay his cab fare. The cab driver followed Holden into the hotel.
d)
The elevator operator set him up with a prostitute, and lied about the fee. Holden refused to pay the extra money.
15.
Holden said he felt like committing suicide. Why didn't he do it?
a)
He wanted to write a letter to Phoebe first.
b)
He was afraid he might not succeed, and he'd have to face his parents.
c)
He didn't want a bunch of "stupid rubbernecks" looking at him all gory.
d)
He was going to jump out of the window, but he couldn't get it open.
16.
Identify Sally Hayes.
a)
She was the girl his roommate often dated.
b)
She was the receptionist at the hotel.
c)
She was another girl who worked with Maurice.
d)
She was a girl Holden sometimes dated.
17.
What was Holden's opinion of actors?
a)
He said they were all snobs.
b)
He said they were morons who couldn't get decent jobs.
c)
He said they were jerks who only thought about money.
d)
He said they were the biggest phonies of all.
18.
What did Holden like best about the museum?
a)
It was free on Sundays.
b)
Everything always stayed where it was.
c)
It reminded him of fun times with his parents and brothers when he was young.
d)
It was warm and cheerful, and no one bothered him.
19.
Describe Holden's feelings for Sally at the beginning of the date and at the end.
a)
He started out by saying he loved her and they talked of marriage. By the end of the date, he hated her.
b)
He didn't like her much at the beginning, but by the end he was in love and proposed to her.
c)
He liked her somewhat at the beginning, by the time the date was over he was in love.
d)
He didn't like her at first, and really hated her by the end.
20.
Why did Holden call Carl Luce even though he didn't like him much?
a)
Holden was desperate for companionship.
b)
He wanted to borrow money.
c)
Luce has his own apartment, and Holden wanted to stay with him.
d)
Holden wanted Luce to tutor him over the holidays.
21.
What was Phoebe's reaction when she first saw Holden? What was her reaction when she found out that he was expelled?
a)
She was glad to see him and hugged him. She said their father would kill Holden when he found out.
b)
At first she was scared, because she thought he was a thief. Then she was worried that he had the flu.
c)
She was angry that he woke her up, and even angrier that he had been expelled.
d)
At first she asked if he had brought her a present. Then she got sarcastic and said their father was used to Holden being expelled.
22.
Why did Holden leave Mr. Antolini's home before morning?
a)
Mr. Antolini was having a wild party.
b)
Mr. and Mrs. Antolini were having a fight, and Holden didn't want to be caught in the middle.
c)
He thought he could see Phoebe on her way to school.
d)
He woke up and found Mr. Antolini patting his head. He thought Mr. Antolini might be making advances toward him.
23.
What advice did Mr. Antolini give Holden?
a)
"Only educated and scholarly men are able to contribute something valuable to this world."
b)
"I simply find Eastern philosophy more interesting than Western."
c)
"The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die only for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."
d)
"You're a real prince; a gentleman and a scholar."
24.
How did Phoebe surprise Holden?
a)
She brought her mother along.
b)
She packed her bag to go with him.
c)
She packed a lunch for him and gave her the rest of her savings.
d)
She didn't show up at lunch time.
25.
How did Holden explain his catcher in the rye dream?
a)
He would be running through a field of rye and farmers with pitchforks would be chasing him.
b)
He would play baseball wearing his brother's glove, and stand in the outfield, ready to catch anything that came his way.
c)
He would stand guard over all the rye whiskey in the world and make sure no one got drunk.
d)
He would stand in a field of rye, where his job would be to catch any children who started to go over the cliff.
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