Plot
Characters
Motifs & Symbols
Quotations
Potpourri
100

Holden bought this for $1 in NYC

Hunting Hat

100

This character owned a lefty baseball glove with poems written in it

Allie

100

This is the name of the record Holden buys for Phoebe

Little Shirley Beans

100

Who says, "Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one must play according to the rules"?

Spenser


100

What is Holden's dream job?

To be the catcher in the rye

200

Holden responded to Allie's death by doing this

Punching out the windows in the garage


200

Horwitz the cab driver thinks this animal is more symbol and important than the ducks

Fish
200

Holden likes to wear his hat this unique way

Backwards

200

Why does Holden call his hunting hat a "people shooting hat"?

He judges people

200

This is the only class Holden passed at Pencey Prep

English, obvi

300

Holden has spent the majority of the story talking to us from where?

A hospital

300

This character lives in California and is a writer

D.B.

300

This are Holden's two favorite alcoholic drinks

Scotch and soda and frozen daiquiri

300

Who says, "The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the golden ring you have to let them do it. If they fall off, they fall off…"

Holden

300
Holden describes this character as a "secret slob" -- handsome on the outside, but messy in private

Stradlater

400
This is the weather while Phoebe rides on the carrousel

Rain

400

This is the only person not in Holden's family who's seen Allie's baseball mitt

Jane

400

What is Holden's favorite thing about the museum?

It never changes

400

Who says, "Whatcha think we did, play checkers all night, for Chrissakes?"

Stradlater

400

Holden proves that he isn't "yellow" -- that he can stand up for himself -- when he faces what other character?

Maurice

500

Holden and Jane often played this board game

Checkers

500

This is the first character outside of Pencey who sees and supports Holden's red hat

The coat check woman at the bar

500

Holden sees a swear written in what two places?

Phoebe's school and the museum

500

Who says, "You always say that! Allie's dead, Holden!"

Phoebe

500

What is really happening in the original "Comin' Thro the Rye" poem by Robert Burns?

A girl is hooking up with someone