Catcher 15-26 Review
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- Q1What seems to be the real reason Holden won't call Jane Gallagher?He is trying to move on from her.He is afraid of what she might tell him.He had a bad night and doesn't want to talk to her.He likes Sally better.30s
- Q2The reader can infer that Holden is rich. Which quotation shows how he really feels about his wealth?“Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.”“I can get to hate somebody, just looking at them if they have cheap suitcases with them.”“I didn’t give a damn [Slagle called Holden’s things bourgeois]—it was sort of funny, in fact.” (Bourgeois = fancy, materialistic)“Even my fountain pen was bourgeois.”30s
- Q3How does Holden connect being Catholic with having nice suitcases?Both are only appropriate for nuns.Both are things his roommates valued.They are both used as status symbols (symbols of wealth and/or class).They are both full of "phonies."30s
- Q4Why can't Holden picture the women in his life (like his mother and Sally's mother) collecting money for charity like the nuns?He can't stand women in general and can't envision them doing something positive.The women in his life are so wealthy, so he can't imagine it.He doesn't respect the nuns, but he respects the women in his life.He is obsessed with money and can't imagine why someone would humilate themselves by asking for donations.30s
- Q5Holden's memories of the museum remind him thatelementary school was terrible.nothing ever changes.people change.he hated Saturday field trips.30s
- Q6When talking to the nuns about Romeo and Juliet, he thinks, "The thing is, it drives me crazy if somebody gets killed---especially somebody very smart and entertaining and all---and it’s somebody else’s fault." Why might he like a character like Mercutio?Mercutio didn't have the same wealth as Romeo or Juliet.Like Allie, he was an innocent who died through no fault of his own.He's lying to impress the nuns. He doesn't really like Shakespeare.He doesn't connect to the larger plot of the play.30s
- Q7Children, the museum, and the character Mercutio all help develop the theme of _____.loss of innocence.reluctance to take responsibilty for your own problems.forgetting your past.the problem with wealth.30s
- Q8When Holden thinks about the nuns never going anywhere "swanky" for lunch, he thinks, “I knew it wasn’t too important, but it made me sad anyway.” What kind of emotion is Holden expressing here?Conflicted, since he's sad over something he knows is minorHelpless since he cannot help them become wealthyHopeful that he can change the world for the betterHappy that he realizes this is a meaningless issue30s
- Q9Why does Holden compare the nuns to Sally's mom?He thinks she's snobby and rich and wants to see her live the life of a nun.He wants the nuns to be more like Sally's mom.He hates Sally's mom.He wants Sally's mom to become a wholesome and inspirational figure.30s
- Q10What makes Holden happy when he sees the family as he is walking to the record store?The father wearing a very nice hatThe mom carrying a nice suitcaseThe boy singing a songThe boy walking in a straight line30s
- Q11How does Holden feel while looking at teenager girls while he waits for Sally Hayes?Depression over Jane Gallagher.Anxiety over the futureSadness that he can't date them allHappiness because they are beautiful30s
- Q12Holden and Sally make out in the cab, and Holden thinks, “At first she didn’t want to, because she had her lipstick on and all, but I was being seductive as hell and she didn’t have any alternative.” What other character is he (ironically) acting like?AckleyStradlaterMal BroussardJames Castle30s
- Q13What annoys Holden about Sally meeting up with her friend George during the play's intermission?Their phony conversationGeorge elbowing Holden out of the waySally wanting to hang out with George after the showSally's crush on George30s
- Q14What quotation best shows Holden's need to talk about his feelings?"Let's go ice-skating at Radio City!" That's the kind of ideas she always had. "Ice-skating at Radio City? You mean right now?" "Just for an hour or so. Don't you want to? If you don't want to-" "I didn't say I didn't want to," I said. "Sure. If you want to.""Did you ever get fed up?" I said. "I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something? I mean do you like school, and all that stuff?""She always knew somebody, any place you took her, or thought she did. She kept saying that till I got bored as hell, and I said to her, "Why don't you go on over and give him a big soul kiss, if you know him? He'll enjoy it." She got sore when I said that.""I even thought for a minute that he was going to get in the goddam cab with us when the show was over, because he walked about two blocks with us, but he had to meet a bunch of phonies for cocktails, he said. I could see them all sitting around in some bar, with their goddam checkered vests, criticizing shows and books and women in those tired, snobby voices. They kill me, those guys."30s
- Q15What utlimately ends Holden's and Sally's date?They realize they can never be together.He tells her he loves her.He insults her.She tells him she loves him.30s