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'Catcher in the Rye' Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by SSplash85. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
SSplash85

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
69,478

Updated
Jul 08 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
3187

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of Holden's little brother? Hint

D.B.

Stradlater

Maurice

Allie

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Question 2 of 10

2. What does Stradlater ask Holden to do for him? Hint

To clean the room for him

Do his laundry

Go on a double date with him

Write his English composition for him

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Question 3 of 10

3. What question did Holden ask Stradlater to ask Jane? Hint

If she had a boyfriend

If she was still living with her mother

If she would go out with him

If she still left her kings in the back row

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of the character in all of Phoebe's books? Hint

Daisy Caulfield

Henry Cassel

Hazel (Hazle) Weatherfield

Sally Marrow

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the name of the prostitute that comes to Holden's hotel room? Hint

Sarah

Sweety

Sunny

Jenny

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Question 6 of 10

6. Why does Holden say his brother D.B. is a prostitute? Hint

Because he wants to be a prostitute

Because he is selling his body

Because he is selling his talent

Because he knows prostitutes

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the reason Holden gives for not liking actors? Hint

He thinks he can act better

He hates movies

He thinks they have horrible attitudes

He thinks they never act like real people

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who are Holden's favorite authors? Hint

Thomas Hardy and Emily Dickinson

Ernest Hemingway and Emily Dickinson

D.B. and Ernest Hemingway

Thomas Hardy and D.B.

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Question 9 of 10

9. Why does Holden like museums? Hint

They are always empty

They always have something new

They never change

The people there are real

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Question 10 of 10

10. From where do we assume Holden telling the reader the story? Hint

Pency

Insane asylum

Zoo

His home

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of Holden's little brother?

Answer: Allie

Allie was his little brother that died of cancer.

2. What does Stradlater ask Holden to do for him?

Answer: Write his English composition for him

Holden ends up writing the composition about his brother's baseball mitt.

3. What question did Holden ask Stradlater to ask Jane?

Answer: If she still left her kings in the back row

Holden and Jane used to play checkers together and she would always leave her kings in the back row.

4. What is the name of the character in all of Phoebe's books?

Answer: Hazel (Hazle) Weatherfield

Phoebe wrote many stories but would never finish them.

5. What was the name of the prostitute that comes to Holden's hotel room?

Answer: Sunny

6. Why does Holden say his brother D.B. is a prostitute?

Answer: Because he is selling his talent

D.B. moved to Hollywood to make scripts and movies.

7. What is the reason Holden gives for not liking actors?

Answer: He thinks they never act like real people

8. Who are Holden's favorite authors?

Answer: Thomas Hardy and D.B.

Whenever Holden really likes an author, he says he wants to meet them.

9. Why does Holden like museums?

Answer: They never change

Self consciously, Holden wishes everything could stay the same and he could be a kid again. That's why he likes museums because they never change.

10. From where do we assume Holden telling the reader the story?

Answer: Insane asylum

Source: Author SSplash85

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