The Catcher in the Rye - Sean and Bryan

Question 0

Phoebe

Answer 0

Holden’s little sister; gives Holden “dough;” wants to go West with Holden; worries about Holden; she can talk sense into him

Question 1

Stradlater

Answer 1

Holden’s roommate at Pencey Prep; goes on a date with Jane and fights Holden at the end of Holden’s stay at Pencey

Question 2

D.B.

Answer 2

lives in Hollywood and works as an author; Holden describes him as a prostitute because D.B. writes movies

Question 3

Sally

Answer 3

gets called a “royal pain in the ass” by Holden; goes out with Holden and wants him to check out her rear in the skating skirt

Question 4

Holden

Answer 4

the protagonist/main character; can’t stay in one school; mentally distressed; loves Jane

Question 5

Mr. Antolini

Answer 5

creepy; tries to be caring

Question 6

Mr. Spencer

Answer 6

Holden’s former teacher; tries to help Holden; strict; caring

Question 7

Maurice

Answer 7

elevator operator; pimp; “sells” Sunny to Holden; steals from Holden; beats Holden up

Question 8

Allie

Answer 8

Holden’s younger brother; dies of Leukemia 3 years before the start of the novel

Question 9

Jane Gallagher

Answer 9

sexually abused by her stepfather who walked around naked and drunk; loved by Holden; goes out with Stradlater

Question 10

Sunny

Answer 10

Sunny’s “services” were purchased by Holden through a pimp named Maurice in a hotel elevator; she is a prostitute

Question 11

James Castle

Answer 11

Holden likes him; he was bullied and possibly sexually assaulted; he kills himself by jumping out a window

Question 12

Carl Luce

Answer 12

a student who was Holden’s student advisor at the Whooton School; he is older than Holden and has a great deal of sexual experience

Question 13

Ossenburger

Answer 13

gave money to Pencey Prep; there is a wing in a dorm that is named after him; he is a rich, phony undertaker

Question 14

Mr. Spencer’s house

Answer 14

Mr. Spencer shows Holden his old test, which he failed badly