Quiz: Catcher in the Rye - Chapters 6-10



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Quiz: Catcher in the Rye - Chapters 6-10

Read the following passage from Chapter 8.

1. To whom is Holden speaking in this passage?

a. Ackley c. Mrs. Spencer

b. Mrs. Morrow . d. Mrs. Thurmer

2. The underlined phrase means _________________

a. she has a lot of ice in her drink. c. she has warts on her knuckles

b. she has dry scaly skin. d. she’s wearing a lot of expensive rings.

3. How does Holden truly feel about Ernest?

a. He likes him.

b. He doesn’t know him.

c. He doesn’t like him.

d. none of the above.

4. In Chapter 6, why does Holden tear up the composition he wrote for Stradlater?

a. It was cold and he needed the paper for the fire.

b. Stradlater was ungrateful and yelled at Holden for writing about the baseball Mitt.

c. Ackley wouldn’t sleep Holden sleep in his roommate’s bed.

d. None of the Above.

5. Where did Stradlater and Jane go on their date.

a. they went to the movies.

b. they went to New York.

c. they stayed in the coach’s car.

d. None of the Above.

6. Why does Stradlater punch Holden.

a. no reason.

b. because Holden kept calling him a moron.

c. because Holden was smoking in bed.

d. because Jane expressed her love for Holden.

7. Holden asks several people to have cocktails with him, including _______________

a. a friend from Princeton..

b. a mother of a student from Pencey.

c. a cab driver

d. both b and c

8. When Holden takes a taxi-cab, he ____________

a. asks the driver at which hotel he should stay.

b. asks the driver where the ducks go?

c. lies to the driver about how old he is

d. invites the driver for a cocktail.

e. both b and d

9. Who is Phoebe?

a. a stripper

b. a girl Holden used to like

c. Holden’s sister

d. a girl Holden dances with at the Lavender Room.

10. In Chapter 10, Holden reveals that _______________

a. D.B. is the oldest child.

b. he is the dumbest one in the family.

c. he doesn’t want to call home because he’s worried that his parents will answer.

d. both b and c

11. Hazel Weatherfield is ____________

a. a character in a children’s book c. an orphan girl detective

b. a spy in a novel d. a pet detective

Read the following passage from Chapter 10.

12. The word conversationalist means?

a. a person who’s good for the environment

b. a person who’s good at converting fractions.

c. a person who’s a good dancer.

d. a person who’s good at talking with others.

13. In this passage, as Holden speaks to the girls, his tone is ____________.

a. angry

b. bored

c. sarcastic

d. grateful.

Use Complete sentences to answer the following questions.

When Holden checks into his hotel room, what does he see out the window?

     

Why do you think Holden continually asks about the ducks and where they go during the cold winter?

     

Throughout the first 10 chapters, Holden expresses dislike for a lot of characters. However, while traveling to New York on the train, he meets Mrs. Morrow and lets us know that he sincerely likes her. Why do you think he likes her, while disliking most of the other characters he encounters?

     

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“Where you girls from?” I asked her.

“What?” she said.

“Where you girls from? Don’t answer if you don’t feel like it. I don’t want you to strain yourself.”

“Seattle, Washington,” she said. She was doing me a big favor to tell me.

“You’re a good conversationalist,” I told her. “You know that?”

“What?”

…then I started shooting the old crap around a little bit. “He adapts himself very well to things. He really does. I mean he really knows how to adapt himself.”

“Do you think so?” she asked me. She sounded interested as hell.

“Ernest? Sure,” I said. Then I watched her take off her gloves. Boy, was she lousy with rocks.

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