From which school does Holden get kicked out at the beginning of the novel?
Pencey Prep
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To which city does Holden travel after being kicked out of school?
New York
100
What is a thesis?
The main argument you are making in your essay
100
What does the word "angst" mean?
A state of depression; a feeling of anxiety, dread.
200
What is the name of Holden's brother who lives and writes in Hollywood?
D.B.
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Why does Holden pick a fight with his roommate Stradlater?
Stradlater made fun of Holden's composition about Allie's baseball mitt. Stradlater was also careless about Jane, Holden's love interest.
200
"I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life." Does this quote accurately describe Holden?
Yes. Holden himself says the quote.
200
How do you properly cite page numbers?
At the end of your example summary, put author's last name and page number in parentheses, before period.
Example summary (Salinger 150).
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Catcher in the Rye is a novel about a boy named Holden Caulfield who lives in a constant state of angst as he wanders around New York City after being kicked out of school. True or False?
True
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What is the name of the teacher that tries to "catch" Holden before he heads into an endless fall?
Mr. Antolini
300
What is one of the two questions that Holden consistently asks cab drivers as he rides around town?
Where do the ducks/fish in the pond at Central Park go in the winter?
Would the cab drivers like to go get a drink with him?
300
Why doesn't Holden go straight away to his family's house in the city?
He doesn't want his parents to know he was kicked out. He left school early and is hiding out before Winter Break officially begins.
300
Name and explain two characters who are foils of each other.
Holden-Stradlater
Holden-Sally
Stradlater-Jane, etc.
300
What does the word "brash" mean?
Self-assertive in a rude way, overbearing, bold, arrogant, audacious.
400
What does Holden's father do?
He is a corporate lawyer
400
What outdoor activity do Holden and Sally Hayes go about doing just before he acts rudely to her and makes her leave him.
Ice skating
400
How do we know that the Antolini's admire Holden's brother D.B.?
They have both read all of his writing and have said that "anyone who can write like that" shouldn't be going to Hollywood.
400
Name six symbols that appear in TCITR.
Red hunting hat, Allie's mitt, ducks/fish in Central Park pond, the carousel, the Museum of Natural History, Little Shirley Beans record, etc.
400
Who wrote the poem "Coming Thro' the Rye," which Holden misquotes in the novel?
Robert Burns, a Scottish poet who lived in the 1700s.
500
What is the name of the singer that Holden tries to ask out after being rude to Sally Hayes.
Valencia
500
Name two of the exhibits that Holden admires in the museum.
Native American scenes, the witch doctor, the Eskimos, the birds, deer.
500
Exactly how much money does Phoebe give Holden to hold him over until he can come home?
$8.65
500
How do you properly format a Works Cited entry (this appears after the conclusion and tells your reader information about the book from which you cited page numbers)?
Author's last name, Author's first name. Title of novel in
italics. Publishing City: Publisher, Year published, Print.
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What month was J.D. Salinger born?
January. Salinger was born on New Years' Day in 1919.