The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 11 quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. Where is Holden sitting while he thinks about Jane Gallagher in Chapter 11?

   • In the back seat of a taxi traveling downtown
   • Upstairs in his room at the Edmont Hotel
   • Correct answer: In a chair in the lobby of the Edmont Hotel
   • At a table in the Lavender Room after it closed

   Holden is sitting in what he describes as a 'vomity-looking' chair in the lobby of the Edmont Hotel as he goes over his memories of Jane.

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   Question 2. How did Holden first come to meet Jane Gallagher?

   • Her mother and Holden's mother were old friends from the village
   • They were classmates at a private school in Manhattan
   • They were introduced by Stradlater at a dance at Pencey
   • Correct answer: Their families lived in houses next door to each other in Maine

   Jane's family lived in the house next to the Caulfields' in Maine. They first connected after Holden's mother complained about the Gallaghers' Doberman pinscher.

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   Question 3. What pet did the Gallagher family own that led to Holden meeting Jane?

   • A Siamese cat
   • Correct answer: A Doberman pinscher
   • A beagle
   • A golden retriever

   The Gallaghers had a Doberman pinscher that kept relieving itself on the Caulfield lawn, prompting Holden's mother to complain, which led to Holden meeting Jane.

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   Question 4. What is Jane's distinctive habit when playing checkers?

   • Correct answer: She keeps her kings in the back row and never moves them
   • She plays rapidly, without ever stopping to consider
   • She insists on using the red pieces, never the black ones
   • She always allows Holden to make the opening move

   Jane wouldn't take her kings out of the back row. Holden used to kid her about it once in a while, but not much: "You never wanted to kid Jane too much."

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   Question 5. Who is Mr. Cudahy?

   • Jane's biological father
   • A teacher at Pencey Prep
   • Correct answer: Jane's stepfather
   • The Gallaghers' neighbor in Maine

   Mr. Cudahy is Jane's stepfather, whom Holden calls a "booze hound." When he comes out on the porch during the checkers game, Jane will not answer him.

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   Question 6. What happens on the porch shortly before a tear falls on the checkerboard?

   • Correct answer: Her stepfather Mr. Cudahy comes onto the porch and asks about cigarettes
   • Her mother calls her inside to help prepare the family dinner
   • Her dog comes in from the rain and knocks over the checkerboard
   • She loses a close game of checkers to Holden on the porch

   Jane's stepfather Mr. Cudahy comes out on the porch and asks if there are any cigarettes. Jane refuses to answer, and after he goes inside, a tear falls onto the checkerboard; Holden never finds out what was the matter.

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   Question 7. How does Holden comfort Jane when she cries?

   • He holds her hand and tells her everything will be fine
   • He tells her a joke to make her laugh
   • He confronts her stepfather about his behavior
   • Correct answer: He kisses her all over her face except her lips

   Holden sits down next to Jane on the glider and kisses her all over her face -- her eyes, her nose, her forehead, her ears -- everything except her mouth.

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   Question 8. What did Holden show Jane that he never showed anyone else outside his family?

   • A long letter from his brother D.B. out in Hollywood
   • Correct answer: Allie's baseball mitt with poems written in green ink
   • The composition about Allie he wrote for Stradlater
   • The red hunting hat he likes to wear with the peak in back

   Holden shows Jane Allie's baseball mitt -- the fielder's glove covered in poems written in green ink by Holden's dead younger brother. She is the only one outside his family he ever showed it to.

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   Question 9. Where does Holden go when he leaves the Edmont at the end of Chapter 11?

   • To Penn Station to catch a train back to Pencey
   • To the Stanford Arms to look up Faith Cavendish
   • To Central Park to find out where the ducks go
   • Correct answer: To Ernie's nightclub in Greenwich Village

   Finding the lobby "too depressing," Holden takes a cab to Ernie's, a nightclub in Greenwich Village that his brother D.B. used to take him to.

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    Question 10. Which of the following events actually happen in Chapter 11?

    • Holden sits in the Edmont Hotel lobby remembering Jane Gallagher.

      Happened

      He sits in a "vomity-looking chair in the lobby" and thinks about Jane.

    • Holden calls Jane on the phone and they have a conversation.

      Didn't happen

      He only thinks about Jane in the lobby; he never phones her in this chapter.

    • Holden recalls showing Jane Allie's baseball mitt.

      Happened

      Holden says Jane was "the only one, outside my family," that he ever showed Allie's baseball mitt to.

    • Jane's stepfather Mr. Cudahy comes onto the porch during a checkers game.

      Happened

      On a rainy Saturday, "this booze hound her mother was married to" comes out on the porch and asks Jane about cigarettes.

    • Holden and Jane kiss on the lips for the first time.

      Didn't happen

      He kisses her whole face except her mouth: "She sort of wouldn't let me get to her mouth."

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    Question 11. Which of these statements about Holden's memories of Jane are true?

    • Jane kept her kings in the back row when playing checkers.

      Happened

      Holden used to kid her because "she wouldn't take her kings out of the back row."

    • Holden and Jane met because their families were neighbors in Maine.

      Happened

      Jane lived in the house next to the Caulfields' in Maine, and her dog used to relieve himself on their lawn.

    • Jane told Holden what was wrong after she started to cry.

      Didn't happen

      She would not answer him, and when he asked whether Mr. Cudahy had ever tried to get wise with her, she said no; Holden never found out what was the matter.

    • Holden kissed Jane all over her face when she cried.

      Happened

      He kissed her eyes, nose, forehead, eyebrows and ears, "her whole face except her mouth."

    • Jane was the one who suggested they go to Ernie's nightclub.

      Didn't happen

      Jane never mentions Ernie's; Holden decides to go there himself as he leaves the Edmont at the end of the chapter.

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    Question 12. What does 'snubbing' mean when Holden says his mother thought Jane and her mother were snubbing her?

    • Gossiping unkindly about someone in secret
    • Correct answer: Rudely ignoring someone or treating them coldly
    • Flattering someone to win their favor
    • Teasing someone in a playful, friendly way

    Snubbing means rudely ignoring someone. Holden's mother thought Jane and her mother were "sort of snubbing her" when they didn't say hello in the village.

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    Question 13. What does 'conversed' mean when Holden says he had never conversed with Jane before he said hello at the pool?

    • Exchanged letters with someone
    • Argued angrily with someone
    • Correct answer: Talked informally with someone
    • Persuaded someone to change beliefs

    Conversed means talked with someone. Holden knew Jane lived next door but says "I'd never conversed with her before" the day he said hello at the club pool.

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    Question 14. What does 'immensely' mean when Holden says he improved Jane's golf game immensely?

    • Correct answer: To a very great degree; enormously
    • Patiently and with careful attention
    • Only slightly or by a small amount
    • Quickly and without much effort

    Immensely means to a very great degree. Holden says he improved Jane's golf game "immensely," though she lost eight balls the first afternoon they played.

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