Characters
This teenage narrator tells the story of being expelled from school.
Who is Holden?
The student known for poor hygiene who constantly annoys Holden by hanging around the room.
Who is Ackley?
Holden says this is the only subject he passed that term.
What is English?
Ackley constantly annoys Holden by doing this
What is popping/picking his pimples?
How does Holden show sympathy for Ackley?
he invites him to the movies
This character went out on a date with Jane.
Who is Stradlater?
The elderly teacher Holden visits before leaving school.
Who is Spencer?
The school Holden attends during these chapters.
What is Pencey Prep?
What favor does Stradlater ask of Holden?
What is write his composition?
Why does Holden feel bad and want to cry?
he feels alienated and alone
This is the name of the Headmaster at Pencey Prep.
Who is Thurman?
The girl from Holden’s past, whose date with Stradlater makes Holden uneasy.
Who is Jane Gallagher?
What does Spencer's room smell like and what was he wearing?
Vick's nose drops and an old bathrobe?
Holden remembers doing this with Jane years earlier.
When Holden remembers the night Allie died, he explains that he reacted by doing this
Holden’s younger brother, who died several years earlier but whom Holden remembers fondly.
Who is Allie?
The basketball coach who lends his car to Stradlater.
Who is Ed Banky?
Holden’s teacher compares life to this
What is a game that should be played by the rules?
Holden often criticizes others as “phony,” but in these chapters he admits he frequently does this himself.
What is lying?
Why was Holden angry with Stradlater?
Stradlater made Jane late to her curfew, he won't tell him more about what he did with Jane
Holden’s older brother who left serious writing to work in Hollywood.
Who is D.B.?
A friend of Holden’s on the football team.
Who is Mal Broussard?
Holden says sometimes he feels bad for Spencer, but then he remembers the guy can get "a big-bang" out of what item?
Stradlater tells Holden his composition is supposed to be about ________ but Holden instead chooses to write about ________.
What is a room/place and Allie's glove?
What is sleep in Ely's (Ackley's roommate) bed?