The Catcher In The Rye Study Guide – Flashcards
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Where did Holden go to school?
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Pencey Prep
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What was Holden's brother D.B. doing at the time?
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Working in Hollywood writing movies
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What did Holden leave on the subway?
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Fencing equipment
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What was the only class that Holden passed during the grading period?
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English
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What did Mr. Spencer make Holden read to him?
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His Egyptian essay-paper-exam thing
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What kind of hat did Holden buy in New York?
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A red hunting cap
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Describe Ackley.
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Tall, annoying, fidgety, unhygenic
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How did Holden know Stradlater's date, Jane Gallagher?
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They used to live near each other and hung out over the summer, Holden really liked her.
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What did Holden write a composition about?
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His brother Allie's baseball glove
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What did Holden do with the composition?
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He ripped it up
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Why did Holden do what he did to his composition?
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Stradlater didn't like it, he was annoyed because he was supposed to write about a room
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Why did Stradlater punch Holden?
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Holden wouldn't stop talking about Jane and kept calling him a moron and insulting him
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Where did Holden go immediately after the fight?
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Ackley's room
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When does Holden say, "Sleep tight, ya morons!"?
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Right before he leaves Pencey
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How does Holden get to New York?
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By train
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How does Holden lie about Ernie Morrow to his mother?
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He tells her that Ernie's a good kid and that he's popular
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What kind of operation does Holden tell Mrs. Morrow that he has to have?
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One to remove a brain tumor
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What does Holden first want to do when he gets to Penn Station?
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Call someone
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What does Holden see out of the hotel window?
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People in their windows, weirdos/perverts
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Why does Holden call Faith Cavendish?
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He wanted a girl to come over
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What does Holden admire about the blonde (of the three girls) in the bar?
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She was a great dancer
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Who were the three girls looking for in the bar?
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Movie stars, Peter Lorre
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Holden recalls a summer with Jane and the time he kissed her when she was crying. Why was she crying?
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Her stepfather
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When Holden asks Horowitz the cab driver about ducks in the pond, what does Horowitz talk about instead?
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The fish in the pond
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How old is Sunny?
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"Old enough to know better"
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What excuse does Holden give her for declining?
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He had an operation on his "clavichord"
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Why does Maurice come into Holden's room?
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He says Holden owes Sunny five more dollars when Holden actually owes him nothing
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Why does Maurice punch Holden?
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Holden wouldn't give him the money and he called him a moron
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Why does Holden decide not to take his own life?
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He didn't want a bunch of "rubbernecks" looking at him
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Why does Holden apologize to the two nuns?
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He blew smoke in their faces
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For whom does Holden buy a record?
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Phoebe, Little Shirley Beans
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After they see a play and go skating, what does Holden ask Sally to do?
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He asks her to run away with him and get married
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What does Holden call Sunny?
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A royal pain in the ass
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Where does Holden go to kill time before he meets Carl Luce?
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Radio City Music Hall (the movies)
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What does Holden want to talk to Carl Luce about (Luce calls "a typical Holden Caulfield conversation")?
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His sex life, relationships with girls
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What does Carl Luce recommend to Holden?
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A psychoanalyst
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Who does Holden call from the bar?
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Sally
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Where does he go at the end of the chapter?
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His home
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In whose room did Phoebe sleep?
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D.B.'s room
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Why did Phoebe hit Holden?
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She found out he got kicked out of Pencey
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When Phoebe asks Holden what he likes, what does he tell her he does like?
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Allie, their brother that died
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Why did James Castle jump out the window at Elkton Hills?
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Bullies were coming for him because he wouldn't take back something he said about one of the bullies
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Holden tells Phoebe that he wants to be a "catcher in the rye." What does he mean by this?
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He wants to protect children from losing their innocence
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What are Holden and Phoebe doing just before his mother gets home?
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Dancing and talking
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What does Phoebe do that makes Holden cry just before he leaves?
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She tries to give him her Christmas money ($8.65)
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Mr. Antolini tells Holden that he is headed for a fall. What does he mean by this?
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Holden is trying to do something that's impossible
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What does Mr. Antolini tell Holden that will help him?
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An academic education, "The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."
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What exactly did Holden wake up to find Mr. Antolini doing?
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Patting his head
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Where does Holden sleep?
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The waiting room in Grand Central Station
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Why does Holden go to Phoebe's school?
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He wants to tell Phoebe where to meet him so he can say goodbye
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Where does Holden wait for Phoebe?
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The Museum of Art
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What is Phoebe riding at the end of the chapter?
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A carousel
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The book ens with Holden saying, "Don;t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody." Briefly explain what you think he means by this.
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You add meaning to people in your life with every piece of yourself that you reveal to them
