WorksheetsCATCHER IN THE RYE 7-12
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50mins
What does Holden decide while he is in Ackley’s room?
That he’ll leave school that night and head into the city
To call his parents and tell them what’s going on
To apologize to Stradlater
To beg the headmaster to let him stay
Who sits next to Holden on the train?
The mother of one of Holden’s classmates
The headmaster’s daughter
Luce, a grad student at Columbia
His old friend Sally Hayes
What does Holden tell the woman on the train about Ernest?
He lies and tells her how modest and popular he is.
He tells the truth: that he’s an obnoxious kid.
He says he doesn’t know him.
He tells her that Ernest was kicked out Pencey.
Where does Holden go once he gets to the city?
To a seedy hotel called the Edmont
Straight home to talk to Phoebe
Right to his old English teacher’s apartment
He checks his bags at Grand Central and sleeps on a park bench.
Who does Holden call from the hotel room after spying on people in the other rooms?
Faith Cavendish, a possibly promiscuous girl, whose number he has
His parents
Jane, the girl he used to play checkers with
Phoebe, his sister
What does Holden think of his sister, Phoebe?
He thinks she’s pretty, smart, likeable, nice, and funny.
He worries that she’s sickly and might die like Allie.
He’s afraid that she’ll be a promiscuous teenager.
He thinks she’s annoying, immature, and whiney.
Who does Holden dance and drink (a coke) with in the hotel bar?
A group of girls visiting from out of town
He brings Phoebe, who is wearing her nightgown and half-asleep
A prostitute he hires
A burlesque dancer whose number he had
What was Holden’s relationship with Jane?
They became good friends one summer, and Holden was attracted to her.
They went out for years but had a terrible break up.
He loved Jane passionately, but she always ignored him.
They dated on and off but were never too serious about each other.
What does Horwitz, the cabby, get angry at Holden about?
Ducks
Anti-semitism
Pigeons
Crime
Why does Holden flee from the nightclub?
Because he runs into Lillian Simmons, who annoys him
He feels dizzy and his nose starts bleeding.
He can’t get Mr. Spencer’s lecture out of his head.
He sees his parents across the room.
