The Caulfields
At Pencey Prep
The Big Apple
Plot Structure
Symbols & Themes
100

Holden’s younger brother passed away from ______.

Leukemia

100

This "secret slovenly" roommate gets into a fistfight with Holden over a girl.

Stradlater

100

Holden spends most of the book wandering through this major U.S. city.

New York City

100

The Exposition of the story takes place at this school.

Pencey Prep

100

This is Holden’s favorite word for people who act entitled, fake, or hypocritical.

Phony

200

This 10-year-old girl is the only person Holden feels is truly "non-phony."

Phoebe

200

The hygiene-challenged neighbor who frequently barged into Holden’s room.

Ackley

200

This "phony" socialite goes on a date with Holden to a play and ice skating, only for him to insult her.

Sally Hayes

200

During the Falling Action, Holden flees this man’s apartment after a confusing physical encounter.

Mr. Antolini

200

Holden’s most iconic possession, which he bought in New York for a dollar.

Red hunting hat

300

This is the color of the ink Allie used to write on his baseball glove.

Green

300

Holden was the manager of this sports team at Pencey before he lost the equipment on the subway.

Fencing

300

This elevator man and Sunny's bodyguard punches Holden in the stomach over $5.

Maurice

300

Holden’s primary internal conflict is his struggle with the transition into this stage of life.

Adulthood

300

What is unique about Allie's baseball mitt?

It has poems written on it.

400

In the resolution of the book, Holden is telling his story from where?

A mental health facility/psych hospital in California.

400

Holden is expelled from Pencey after failing this many out of his five subjects.

Four

400

This is where Holden stays while in the city.

A sketchy hotel

400

Holden’s dream of being a "Catcher in the Rye" involves saving children from falling off of one of these.

A cliff

400

The museum Holden visits appeals to him because these items inside of them never change, unlike people.

Glass cases (or exhibits/displays)

500

Holden's father's job

Lawyer

500

This is where Holden goes with Ackley and Mal Brossard instead of seeing a movie

To a restaurant to eat burgers

500

While in the city, Holden is constantly preoccupied with the whereabouts of these animals during the winter.

Ducks

500

At the end of the book, Holden cautions readers against telling people their own stories, because...

You'll start missing everybody.

500

Jane's unique strategy when playing checkers.

Keeping all her kings on the back row