The Catcher in the Rye:

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1 How many golf balls did Jane lose when Holden first played with her?
   

2 What did Holden yell when he left Pencey?
   
3 What is the last word in the novel?
   
4 Spencer was proud of his old beat-up ............... blanket
   
5 What was the name of the cabbie who got so excited about Holden's questions concerning the ducks in Central Park?
   
6 Stradlater did not even get Jane Gallagher's name right - he thought her name was not Jane, but...
   
7 Holden says to Sally that he prefers a horse to a car because a horse is at least...
   
8 Holden's imagery: when he visits Spencer he sits down on his ........... bed
   
9 When the nuns get up to go, Holden does sthg stupid and embarrassing. What? By mistake he........
   
10 Holden asks Ackley:
"What's the routine on joining  ............?"
   
11 One of Holden's unique similes:
He claims "That guy Morrow was about as sensitive as a goddam ........"
   
12 According to Holden, what should Mrs Morrow have carried around with her?
A goddam ................
   
13 What lessons is Phoebe taking from another girl?
   
14 What were they always yelling at Richard Kinsella?
   
15 Dick Slagle envied Holden his expensive .................
    
16 Who did Holden see in Hamlet?
    
17 How old is Phoebe?
    
18 What is the context in which Holden refers to the Canyon de Chelly in New Mexico?
    
19 What is the name of the "booze hound"?
   
20 Sally wants Holden to let his hair grow because...
   
21 In chapter 21 Holden thinks of hitchhiking out West. He also plans on pretending he is a ........................
22 Old Brossard was a .................. fiend.
   
23 Stradlater did NOT say:
"Don't stick all the f-words and stuff in the right place."
What DID he say?
   
   

 

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Since 1-1-2001, this quiz has puzzled amistmo aficionados,
 leaving most of them in high spirits, though some of them rather broken-hearted.

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Come to think of it, if you are so familiar with this novel, you should go and see my 
CATCHER  GALLERY , because only people like YOU can appreciate stuff like "Demented Cab Driver Arrested"!


 

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