Name _____________________________ Date ___________________ The Catcher in the Rye Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131 Chapters 1 - 5 1.

Who was Holden's history teacher?

2. What is the name of the school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania, that Holden leaves? 3. 4. 5. Who roomed next to Holden that could not stand Stradlater? Holden claims he is the most terrific _________ you ever saw in your life. What favor did Stradlater ask of Holden?

6. Explain Holden's feelings about people and things that are phony. Give some examples from the novel. How does Holden feel about Ackley and how does he feel about Stradlater?

Name _____________________________ Date ___________________ The Catcher in the Rye Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131 Chapters 6 - 10 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. What did Holden do with Stradlater's composition? What did Holden do just to annoy Stradlater? What did Holden start making cracks about that annoyed Ackley? What did Holden do when he worried? What game did Holden ask Ackley to play?

12. What can you tell about Holden's mental and emotional state from his fight with Stradlater and his interaction with Ackley afterwards?

Name _____________________________ Date ___________________ The Catcher in the Rye Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131 Chapters 11 - 15 13. Who did Holden talk to while eating breakfast?

14. While walking home from Ernie's, what two things did Holden think about that got him depressed? 15. 16. 17. What does Holden tell Sunny is the reason he can't have sex? What did Maurice do to Holden? What does Holden's father do for a living?

18. Why do you think Holden fantasized about being shot after Sunny and Maurice left the room?

Name _____________________________ Date ___________________ The Catcher in the Rye Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131 Chapters 16 - 20 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. What did Holden say was the best thing about the museum? Who was Holden going to meet at the Wicker Bar? Where did Holden decide to go while he was in Central Park? What did Holden do to pass the time before going to the Wicker Bar? What museum does Holden walk to while he searches for Phoebe?

24. Describe the mood swings that Holden goes through during the time he spends with Sally.

Name _____________________________ Date ___________________ The Catcher in the Rye Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131 Chapters 21 - 26 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. Where did Holden and Phoebe first visit on their walk? Where did Holden ask Phoebe to meet him? Who is the student that died while Holden was at Elkton Hills? What would the students in Oral Expression yell if someone got off topic? What former teacher does Holden call up for a place to stay?

30. Explain how the book got its title, The Catcher in the Rye. What does Holden's thought reveal about him?

Name _____________________________ Date ___________________ The Catcher in the Rye Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131 Review 31. Holden is not going back to school at the end of the novel.

True

False

32.

Who was Holden's roommate?

Ward Stradlater

Carl Luce

Robert Ackley 33. What team did Holden manage?

Wrestling

Football

Fencing

34.

Holden woke up when Mrs. Antolini was petting his head.

True

False 35. Holden was upset because Stradlater had gone on a date with Sally Hayes.

False

True

36.

Holden bought a yellow hunting hat in New York.

False

True 37. Holden sold Frederick Woodruff a pair of ice-skates for twenty dollars.

False

True

38.

What was Holden concerned about in Central Park?

Ducks

Fish

Sea lions 39. Phoebe rides a carrousel while Holden sits in the rain.

False

True

40.

What school is Holden Caulfield leaving in the beginning of the novel?

Elkton Hills

Pencey Prep

Andover 41. Who does Holden give money to when he is eating breakfast?

Nuns

A prostitute

A homeless man

42. rye?

Who is the author of the poem about meeting a body coming through the

Robert Burns

Isak Dinesen

Ring Lardner 43. Holden wrote a composition for Stradlater about a baseball mitt.

False

True

44.

What is the only class that Holden was NOT failing?

Oral Expression

English

History

Name _____________________________ Date ___________________ The Catcher in the Rye Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131 45. Where did Holden meet up with Carl Luce?

Radio City Music Hall

Lavender Room

Wicker Bar

46.

What is the name of the elevator operator that punched Holden?

Pete

Maurice

Horwitz

Name _____________________________ Date ___________________ The Catcher in the Rye (Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131) Use the following syllables to fill in the blanks and form words. Cross off each syllable after you use it. tranceneck rub lough cize ped fir con cas cal ber ti ta ry ra os ny ne mu mo ma in o i a

geois bour ous vent tra not nog gog fur

spon tic pher ste nous sar 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

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Name _____________________________ Date ___________________ The Catcher in the Rye (Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131) Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word. 1. pacifist of, relating to, or typical of the middle class to set free expressing cutting, often ironic remarks intended to wound someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes

2.

ironical deriving pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty without principles performed, experienced, or felt by both sides contrary to what was expected or intended

3.

monotonous feeling of sickness a hypnotic state

sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone rough; grating

4.

ignorant to set free a viral infection similar to the flu feeling of sickness lacking education or knowledge

5.

provocative serving or tending to excite or stimulate not clean or healthful inferior in size uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence

6.

grippe a viral infection similar to the flu a dais, pulpit, or other elevated platform for public speaking a tall elegant chest of drawers someone skilled in the transcription of speech

7.

conceited the state of being lower in quality, value, or estimation holding or characterized by an unduly high opinion of oneself; vain too numerous to be counted seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent

8.

inferiority

the state of being lower in quality, value, or estimation inferior in size having a feeling of home; comfortable; cozy expressing cutting, often ironic remarks intended to wound 9. reciprocal feeling of sickness performed, experienced, or felt by both sides lacking education or knowledge deriving pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty

10.

homey too numerous to be counted having a feeling of home; comfortable; cozy of, relating to, or typical of the middle class a hypnotic state

The Catcher in the Rye Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131 Chapters 1 - 5 1. Who was Holden's history teacher?

Spencer 2. What is the name of the school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania, that Holden leaves? Pencey Prep 3. Who roomed next to Holden that could not stand Stradlater?

Robert Ackley

4. liar 5.

Holden claims he is the most terrific _________ you ever saw in your life.

What favor did Stradlater ask of Holden?

write a composition 6. Explain Holden's feelings about people and things that are phony. Give some examples from the novel. How does Holden feel about Ackley and how does he feel about Stradlater?

Chapters 6 - 10 7. What did Holden do with Stradlater's composition?

tore it up 8. What did Holden do just to annoy Stradlater?

smoked in the room 9. What did Holden start making cracks about that annoyed Ackley?

his religion

The Catcher in the Rye Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131 10. What did Holden do when he worried?

went to the bathroom, but was too worried to go 11. What game did Holden ask Ackley to play?

Canasta 12. What can you tell about Holden's mental and emotional state from his fight with Stradlater and his interaction with Ackley afterwards?

Chapters 11 - 15

13.

Who did Holden talk to while eating breakfast?

two nuns 14. While walking home from Ernie's, what two things did Holden think about that got him depressed? his gloves and being yellow 15. What does Holden tell Sunny is the reason he can't have sex?

he just had an operation on his clavichord 16. What did Maurice do to Holden?

hit him in the stomach 17. What does Holden's father do for a living?

corporation lawyer

The Catcher in the Rye Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131 18. Why do you think Holden fantasized about being shot after Sunny and Maurice left the room?

Chapters 16 - 20 19. What did Holden say was the best thing about the museum?

nothing changed in it 20. Who was Holden going to meet at the Wicker Bar?

Carl Luce 21. home 22. What did Holden do to pass the time before going to the Wicker Bar? Where did Holden decide to go while he was in Central Park?

went to the movies

23.

What museum does Holden walk to while he searches for Phoebe?

Museum of Natural History 24. Describe the mood swings that Holden goes through during the time he spends with Sally.

Chapters 21 - 26 25. zoo Where did Holden and Phoebe first visit on their walk?

The Catcher in the Rye Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131 26. Where did Holden ask Phoebe to meet him?

Museum of Art 27. Who is the student that died while Holden was at Elkton Hills?

James Castle 28. What would the students in Oral Expression yell if someone got off topic?

digression 29. What former teacher does Holden call up for a place to stay?

Mr. Antolini 30. Explain how the book got its title, The Catcher in the Rye. What does Holden's thought reveal about him?

Review 31. Holden is not going back to school at the end of the novel.

True

False

32.

Who was Holden's roommate?

Ward Stradlater

Carl Luce

Robert Ackley 33. What team did Holden manage?

Wrestling

Football

Fencing

34.

Holden woke up when Mrs. Antolini was petting his head.

True

False 35. Holden was upset because Stradlater had gone on a date with Sally Hayes.

False

True

36.

Holden bought a yellow hunting hat in New York.

False

True

The Catcher in the Rye Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131 37. Holden sold Frederick Woodruff a pair of ice-skates for twenty dollars.

False

True

38.

What was Holden concerned about in Central Park?

Ducks

Fish

Sea lions 39. Phoebe rides a carrousel while Holden sits in the rain.

False

True

40.

What school is Holden Caulfield leaving in the beginning of the novel?

Elkton Hills

Pencey Prep

Andover 41. Who does Holden give money to when he is eating breakfast?

Nuns

A prostitute

A homeless man

42. rye?

Who is the author of the poem about meeting a body coming through the

Robert Burns

Isak Dinesen

Ring Lardner 43. Holden wrote a composition for Stradlater about a baseball mitt.

False

True

44.

What is the only class that Holden was NOT failing?

Oral Expression

English

History 45. Where did Holden meet up with Carl Luce?

Radio City Music Hall

Lavender Room

Wicker Bar

46.

What is the name of the elevator operator that punched Holden?

Pete

Maurice

Horwitz

The Catcher in the Rye Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131 tranceneck rub lough cize ped fir con cas cal ber ti ta ry ra os ny ne mu mo ma in o i a

geois bour ous vent tra not nog gog fur

spon tic pher ste nous sar 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

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13.

b o u r + g e o i s

The Catcher in the Rye Key 1 - Answer ID # 0389131 1. pacifist of, relating to, or typical of the middle class to set free expressing cutting, often ironic remarks intended to wound someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes

2.

ironical deriving pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty without principles performed, experienced, or felt by both sides contrary to what was expected or intended

3.

monotonous feeling of sickness a hypnotic state sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone rough; grating

4.

ignorant to set free a viral infection similar to the flu feeling of sickness

lacking education or knowledge 5. provocative serving or tending to excite or stimulate not clean or healthful inferior in size uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence

6.

grippe a viral infection similar to the flu a dais, pulpit, or other elevated platform for public speaking a tall elegant chest of drawers someone skilled in the transcription of speech

7.

conceited the state of being lower in quality, value, or estimation holding or characterized by an unduly high opinion of oneself; vain too numerous to be counted seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent

8.

inferiority the state of being lower in quality, value, or estimation inferior in size having a feeling of home; comfortable; cozy expressing cutting, often ironic remarks intended to wound

9.

reciprocal feeling of sickness performed, experienced, or felt by both sides

lacking education or knowledge deriving pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty

10.

homey too numerous to be counted having a feeling of home; comfortable; cozy of, relating to, or typical of the middle class a hypnotic state