Catcher in the Rye
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Catcher in the Rye
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Died of leukemia at a young age.

Who is Allie?

100

This character has gray hair on one side of their head.

Who is Holden?

100

The reason that Holden was suspended from Pencey Prep.

What is that he failed his classes (other than English !)?

100

D.B. lives here.

Where is Hollywood?

100

An object that is in nearly every scene of the novel; Holden seems very attached to it.

What is the red hunting hat?

200

Young lady who Holden dates.

Who is Sally Hayes?

200

The pimp that gets Holden a prostitute 

Who is Maurice?

200

Holden finds this word particularly "phony".

What is "grand"?

200

Holden is here when he has the conversation with the nun.

What is a sandwich shop 

200

The word that Holden uses to describe almost every person he meets

What is a phony?

300

The name of the prostitute who comes to Holden's room.

Who is Sunny?

300

Holden's roommate at Pencey Prep.

Who is Stradlater?
300

Holden's father's job.

What is a corporate lawyer?

300

The name of the nightclub the starts with a color.

What is the Lavender Room?

300

A feeling that overcomes Holden often e.g. the reason he left Pencey and went home.

What is loneliness?

400

The girl who was Holden's best friend and who he seems to obsess over throughout the novel.

Who is Jane Gallagher?

400

The guy Holden Annoys asking about his relationship

Who is Luce

400

Holden discusses this play with the nuns.

What is the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet?

400

The name of the park that Holden wanders around in.

Where is Central Park?

400

Animals about which Holden obsesses.

What are ducks?

500

List Holden and his siblings in birth order from YOUNGEST to OLDEST.

Who are Phoebe, Allie, Holden, then D.B.?

500

The piano player Holden talks about.

Who is Ernie 

500

Holden is afraid of this and struggles with it throughout the book.

What is growing up?

500

Where Holden gets in an argument about what happens to the fish in the winter.

What is a cab?

500

The object that belonged to Allie; Holden writes an essay about it.

What is the baseball glove.