Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - Test Review Questions and Answers
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Holden's next-door neighbor in his dorm at Pencey Prep. Ackley is a pimply, insecure boy with terrible dental hygiene. He often barges into Holden's room and acts completely oblivious to Holden's hints that he should l...
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - Test
Review Questions and Answers
Ackley - answer Holden's next-door neighbor in his dorm at Pencey Prep. Ackley is a
pimply, insecure boy with terrible dental hygiene. He often barges into Holden's room
and acts completely oblivious to Holden's hints that he should leave. Holden believes
that Ackley makes up elaborate lies about his sexual experience.
Stradlater - answer Holden's roommate at Pencey; dates Jane Gallagher; handsome
and popular
Mr. Spencer - answer Holden's history teacher at Pencey Prep, who unsuccessfully
tries to shake Holden out of his academic apathy by reviewing his essay with him.
D.B. - answer Holden's older brother; writer; Holden considers him a prostitute
because he writes because he writes for Hollywood movies
Jane Gallagher - answer A girl with whom Holden spent a lot of time one summer,
when their families stayed in neighboring summer houses in Maine. Jane never actually
appears in The Catcher in the Rye, but she is extremely important to Holden, because
she is one of the few girls whom he both respects and finds attractive.
Allie - answer Holden's brother who died of leukemia; Holden describes him as the
smartest Caulfield and keeps his baseball mitt. Holden sometimes talks to Allie when he
is scared. He cannot get over Allie's death.
Phoebe Caulfield - answer Phoebe is Holden's ten-year-old sister, whom he loves
dearly. Although she is six years younger than Holden, she listens to what he says and
understands him more than most other people do. Phoebe is intelligent, neat, and a
wonderful dancer, and her childish innocence is one of Holden's only consistent sources
of happiness throughout the novel. At times, she exhibits great maturity and even
chastises Holden for his immaturity. Like Mr. Antolini, Phoebe seems to recognize that
Holden is his own worst enemy.
Sally Hayes - answer Holden's date to a matinee on Sunday is attractive but shallow
and artificial.
Carl Luce - answer A student at Columbia who was Holden's student advisor at the
Whooton School. Luce is three years older than Holden and has a great deal of sexual
experience. At Whooton, he was a source of knowledge about sex for the younger boys,
and Holden tries to get him to talk about sex at their meeting.
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