Who Am I?
Who Else?
Who Said It?
Relevance, please.
100
I am the person Holden played chess with as a kid. I like to keep my kings all in a row in the back. I have a creepy stepfather. And I dated Stradlater.
Who is Jane Gallagher?
100
I'm incredibly smart for my age. Holden buys me a record called "Little Shirley Beans." In the final scene, I give Holden joy by riding a carousel while he sits there in his crazy red hunting hat watching me.
Who is Phoebe?
100
"Digression!"
Who is the oral expressions teacher?
100
Why does Holden want to be the "Catcher in the Rye"?
Consider this in preparation for the test.
200
I have pimples, and I am a pretty aggravating suitemate of Holden's at Pencey. Holden wants to crash in my room after fighting with Stradlater, but I don't want him messing up my roommate's bed.
Who is Ackley?
200
I am a very intellectual guy who has quite a bit of sexual experience. Holden calls me up to have a conversation.
Who is Carl Luce?
200
"The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."
Who is Wilhelm Stekel as told to Holden by Antolini?
200
What purpose did Antolini serve in the narrative? Consider his marriage, his involvement in James Castle's suicide, his treatment of Holden and Holden's response, the advice he gave Holden, and anything else that seems relevant.
Prepare an answer for this.
300
I am Holden's former history teacher. I have the grippe, but I want to give Holden a lecture before he leaves. Holden thought it a "dirty trick" when I read him his exam answer back and the little note he wrote explaining why he did so poorly.
Who is Old Spencer?
300
Why did Holden buy and wear his red hunting hat? What was its symbolic relevance?
Prepare an answer for this for the test.
400
Let's face it: I'm a little creepy. I married an old dame, probably for her money. I drink too much and stroke Holden's hair, which really freaks him out. So I failed to bring him pajamas to sleep in. I was drunk for Chrissakes! I hope Holden takes my advice from the psychoanalyst, Wilhelm Stekel, about what real maturity is.
Who is Antolini?
400
Bernice, Laverne, and Marty.
Who are the three ladies from Seattle that Holden meets and dances with in the Lavender Room.
400
"If a body catch a body coming through the rye"
Who is Holden Caulfield? We know it's him because he got the quote wrong. It should be "If a body meet a body coming thro' the rye."
400
Is Holden crazy?
Prepare an answer for this that includes evidence and support.
500
I get this call from Holden asking me out on a date. He takes me to see "The Lunts," which I love, and then skating where I get to rock this adorable little skating skirt, but we both stink at skating, so it's no fun at all. Then the idiot comes up with some crazy plan for us to go out into the country and set up house and MAYBE get married - give me a break!!!!
Who is Sally Hayes?
500
These guy roughs Holden up in his hotel room claiming Holden owes him another $5 for his time with Sunny.
Who is Maurice?
500
"The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody’d move. . . . Nobody’d be different. The only thing that would be different would be you."
Who is Holden? For the test, consider the meaning and relevance of this quote.
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