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Quotation IDs
100
His novel was first banned around 1956.
Who is J.D Salinger for The Catcher in the Rye.
100
Holden does this to divert attention away from himself and cover up what he is doing. The only time he stops doing it is when he stops talking altogether.
What is lying.
100
Holden's roommate who hides his slobbishness behind a falsely clean appearance. He is clean-shaven, but uses a dirty razor; likewise, he is "yearbook handsome" and popular with girls, but takes advantage of them.
Who is Stradlater.
100
This is where Holden goes immediately after his fight with Stradlater
What is Ackley's Room.
100
Who said it: "Life is a game, son, a game one plays according to the rules."
Who is Old Spencer.
200
It was purchased in a used sporting goods store, and represents being different and feeling protected. Represents individuality.
What is Holden's red hunting hat
200
What does Holden see when he looks in the windows of the other rooms in the hotel? How does he feel about it?
He sees a number of adults engaged in acts of perversion. He is fascinated by this, because of his inexperience, but it confirms his idea that adults are a bunch of phonies, people who act differently from how they really are.
200
The smartest member of the Caulfield family, who had red hair, wrote poems on his fielder's mitt, and died of leukemia.
Who is Allie Caulfield.
200
Holden asks Horwitz the cab driver if the ducks are still here, or if they've flown away for the winter.
What is The Central Park Lagoon.
200
Who said, "I don't think this is a smoker, Rudolf"...
Who is Mrs. Morrow
300
It is covered in poems, written in green ink.
What is Allie's baseball mitt.
300
Holden feels terrible about doing this, although his fencing team was home early enough to watch the football game with Saxon Hall.
What is lost all the fencing team's equipment on the subway.
300
He makes Holden read his awful essay out loud and uses a "tough love" approach to help Holden shape up.
Who is Mr. Spencer.
300
Holden gets a room here for his first night on his own. The views are...interesting, to say the least
What is the Edmont Hotel
300
What is going on in Holden's head when Holden yells, "Sleep tight, ya morons!" to his entire building? Why is this quotation important.
He's running away from Pencey, and trying to avoid his troubles. He believes that there is nobody who he can trust, and that everyone at Pencey is fake. He can't stay there another moment. It seems he is coming apart.
400
Holden hates going to see these because they are the epitome of phoniness -- everyone in them is faking it!
What is the movies.
400
Name two things Holden lies about to Ernie Morrow's mom.
1) His name (Rudolf Schmidt, the janitor) 2) Her son is a popular and modest guy 3) Leaving school early to go to New York for a brain tumor operation
400
He used to be a great writer, but now he just "prostitutes" himself for the movies.
Who is D.B. Caulfield.
400
After he runs away from school, Holden hops on a train headed toward:
What is New York.
400
Why does Holden get so upset when Stradlater tells him that what happened on his date with Jane is a "professional secret?"
Holden doesn't trust Stradlater and worries that he took advantage of Jane. He is also upset that Stradlater is making jokes about a girl who Holden cares about and respects. He is scared he "gave her the time".
500
Most Americans wore similar clothing, had similar haircuts, engaged in similar activities--and did the same thing. 1950's was the era of_______.
What is conformity.
500
Name two things that happen when Holden goes to the Lavender Room nightclub in the Edmont Hotel.
What is: 1) Dances with three women 2) Tries to order alcohol, but the waiter refuses to serve him 3) Holden pretends to see Gary Cooper (a movie actor) 4) Holden buys the drinks for the three women, even after they make fun of him.
500
A pretty girl who Holden likes and respects. She "keeps all her kings in the back row" when she plays checkers.
Who is Jane Gallagher.
500
Name three schools that Holden has attended.
What are: 1) Pencey Prep 2) The Whooton School 3) Elkton Hills
500
What does Holden inadvertently reveal about himself when he makes the comment, "Women kill me...They're always leaving their goddam bags int he middle of the aisle."
He has very little experience with women, and is trying to appear older and more mature than he really is.
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