The Catcher in the Rye - ch. 6-10

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The Catcher in the Rye

Chapters 6-10

Who's been reading?

What does Stradlater do when Holden keeps provoking him?

1. Leave
2. Hugs Holden
3. Refuses to do anything
4. Punches Holden

What does Stradlater think of the essay Holden worte for him?

1. He's angry that it's written in rhyme
2. He's moved to tears by it
3. He hates it and complains that it's about the wrong subject
4. He loves it

What is on Allie's Baseball mitt?

1. Stickers
2. Doodles
3. Poems
4. Tape

In ch. 7, what does Holden decide while he is in Ackley's room?

1. To apologize to Stradlater
2. To call his parents an tell them what's going on
3. That he'll leave school that night and head into the city
4. To beg the headmaster to let him stay

Who sits next to Holden on the train?

1. The headmaster's daughter
2. Luce, a grad student at Columbia
3. The mother of one of Holden's classmates
4. His old friend Sally hayes

What does Holden tell the woman on the train about Ernest (her son)?

1. That he's an obnoxious kid
2. That he doesn't know him
3. He lies and tells her how modest and popular her son is
4. He tells her that Ernest was kicked out of Pencey

Where does Holden go once he gets to the city?

1. Straight home
2. His old English teacher's apartment
3. He sleeps on a park bench
4. A seedy hotel called the Edmont

Who does Holden call from the hotel room after spying on people in the other rooms?

1. Faith Cavendish, a possibly promiscuous girl
2. Phoebe, his sister
3. His parents
4. Jane, the girl he liked to play checkers with

What does Holden think of his sister, Phoebe?

1. She's annoying, immature, and whiney
2. He worries about her health
3. He's afraid that she'll be a promiscuous teenager
4. He thinks she's pretty, smart, likeable, and nice

Who does Holden dance and drink with in the hotel bar?

1. A group of girls visiting from out of town
2. He brings Phoebe, who is half asleep
3. A prostitute he hires
4. Faith Cavendish

Holden Caulfield

What do we know about him?

What do we think is wrong with him?

How old is Holden?

1. 16
2. 17
3. 18
4. 21

Holden's age:

Holden is 17 when he tells the story

He is 16 during the events in the story 

He has grown "roughly' six inches in the past year

Which best describes Holden's appearance?

1. Tall, skinny, partially gray hair. He is very unhealthy
2. Tall, fit, looks younger than his actual age

How would you describe Holden's actions in the novel so far?

1. Actions of a typical teenager
2. Reasonable and understandable
3. Actions of someone who wants to seem older
4. Erratic and confusing

Holden's behaviour

Holden's actions don't make sense

• Sometimes he wants to be alone, and then he manically searches for company
• He lies compulsively and his lies don't follow any logic

It is obvious that Holden is literally about to 'crash'

• he feels as if he falls into an abyss when he steps off a curb

Why?

Holden struggles with the fact that he is growing up - nearing adulthood

• There are 'adult things' he likes: drinking and smoking - but these are self-destructive 
• He doesn't know how to deal with the feelings he has (emotional and sexual)
• Throughout the novel Holden's solution to dealing with his fears is to avoid reality