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How much do you know about The Catcher in the Rye? | Quiz

A quiz on the classic novel by J.D. Salinger.

A multiple-choice quiz by nat_mermaid. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
nat_mermaid

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
289,504

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
682

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What illness does Mr. Spencer have when Holden visits him? Hint

Chest infection

Measles

Grippe

Leukaemia

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these is not the name of one of Holden's siblings? Hint

Zooey

Phoebe

Allie

D.B.

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Question 3 of 10

3. When Holden thinks of Jane Gallagher, he remembers that she always kept her kings in the back row when they played checkers.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of the record that Holden buys for his sister?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Where is Holden telling the story from, as is revealed at the end of the novel? Hint

The Edmont Hotel

A mental institution

Elkton Hills

Jane's house

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Question 6 of 10

6. What habit does Sunny, the prostitute, have that annoys Holden? Hint

She blinks a lot

She chews gum

She jiggles her foot

She whistles

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the name of the club where Holden dances with Bernice and her friends? Hint

The Wicker Bar

The Secret Goldfish Club

Ernie's

The Lavender Room

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who is the first person Holden asks for drinks when he goes to New York? Hint

Lillian Simmons

Carl Luce

A cab driver

Sally Hayes

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Question 9 of 10

9. Maurice, the elevator boy, shoots Holden.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is 'The Catcher in the Rye'? Hint

A poem Holden wrote

Jane Gallagher's nickname

Holden's favorite film

Holden's dream job

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What illness does Mr. Spencer have when Holden visits him?

Answer: Grippe

Mr. Spencer taught Holden history while he attended Pencey Prep.

2. Which of these is not the name of one of Holden's siblings?

Answer: Zooey

'Zooey' is the name of a short story by J.D. Salinger, part of a series of short stories he wrote about the Glass family.

3. When Holden thinks of Jane Gallagher, he remembers that she always kept her kings in the back row when they played checkers.

Answer: True

Holden tells Stradlater to ask Jane if she still kept her kings in the back row, but he thinks Stradlater will forget to ask her.

4. What is the name of the record that Holden buys for his sister?

Answer: Little Shirley Beans

Holden buys the record for Phoebe and then drops by accident and breaks it when he is in Central Park.

5. Where is Holden telling the story from, as is revealed at the end of the novel?

Answer: A mental institution

Holden says that D.B. has come to visit him at the mental institute and has brought along an 'English babe' from his new movie.

6. What habit does Sunny, the prostitute, have that annoys Holden?

Answer: She jiggles her foot

Sunny depresses Holden when she takes her dress off and asks him to hang it up for her because he thinks of her buying it in a shop and the shop assistant not knowing that she's a prostitute.

7. What is the name of the club where Holden dances with Bernice and her friends?

Answer: The Lavender Room

The Wicker Bar is where Holden meets Carl Luce, Ernie's is where Holden goes to see Ernie play the piano, and "The Secret Goldfish" is the name of a story that Holden's brother wrote.

8. Who is the first person Holden asks for drinks when he goes to New York?

Answer: A cab driver

Holden asks the cab driver for drinks after he asks him where the ducks in the lagoon in Central Park go in winter, a question that he asks others throughout the novel.

9. Maurice, the elevator boy, shoots Holden.

Answer: False

Holden goes into a fantasy where Maurice had shot him, then Holden would kill him and Jane Gallagher would come to nurse Holden's wounds. What really happened was that Maurice hit Holden but didn't shoot him.

10. What is 'The Catcher in the Rye'?

Answer: Holden's dream job

Holden mistakes the Robert Burns poem for 'if a body catch a body coming through the rye', but his sister, Phoebe, corrects him.

Source: Author nat_mermaid

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