Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Holden trip on as he goes into Ackley's room?
2. What does Holden do when Stradlater reacts to the composition he has written?
3. On what floor is Holden's family apartment?
4. How is Holden involved with the school's fencing team?
5. Who does Holden call from his hotel room?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Holden so upset when he discusses Stradlater's date?
2. Compare and contrast Ackley and Stradlater, according to Holden's descriptions.
3. Why do the girls say they have to leave the Lavender Room so abruptly? Why do they really leave?
4. Why does Holden keep watching the “perverts” he sees out his hotel window?
5. Why does Holden decide not to have sex with Sunny? What does he tell her?
6. Why does Holden ask Ackley about joining a monastery?
7. Why does Holden refer to D.B.'s writing in Hollywood as prostitution?
8. Why does Ackley get on Holden's nerves?
9. What does Holden think of his siblings?
10. Why does Holden shout to the boys in his dorm as he leaves?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Identify the climax of the novel. How do you know this is the climax? Could any other scenes be considered the climax? If so, which ones, and why? How does the beginning of the novel lead up to the climax? How is the novel resolved after the climax?
Essay Topic 2
Examine Holden's relationship with Phoebe. Why does he have such a close relationship with his sister? How are the two alike? How are they different? What does this relationship reveal about Holden's character? How does it affect his actions in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Identify and define the elements of a story arc. Identify the major plot points in The Catcher in the Rye that coordinate with those elements.
This section contains 591 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |