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Catcher in The Rye Assessment Knowledge:: Created By: Griffin Stout

This document contains a 20 question assessment about J.D. Salinger's novel Catcher in the Rye. The questions assess the test taker's knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of key elements in the novel including characters, themes, events, and Holden Caulfield's perspective. The assessment covers Holden's slang usage, significant objects like his red hunting cap, his desire to protect innocence as the "Catcher in the Rye", and his conflicted feelings about adulthood and society.

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Catcher in The Rye Assessment Knowledge:: Created By: Griffin Stout

This document contains a 20 question assessment about J.D. Salinger's novel Catcher in the Rye. The questions assess the test taker's knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of key elements in the novel including characters, themes, events, and Holden Caulfield's perspective. The assessment covers Holden's slang usage, significant objects like his red hunting cap, his desire to protect innocence as the "Catcher in the Rye", and his conflicted feelings about adulthood and society.

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Catcher in the Rye Assessment

Created by: Griffin Stout

Knowledge:
1. What is the crumby place Holden is most likely telling his story
from.
a. A ditch on the side of the road
b. A mental institution
c. His house
d. Pencey Prep
2. How much did Holdens red hunting cap cost when he bought it?
a. 2 bucks
b. 1 buck
c. 10 bucks
d. It was free because no one wanted it.

Comprehension:
3. Which example best shows Holdens use of slang in the novel?
a. They really will. This is about the fourth school
Ive gone to.
b. He was sore as hell.
c. One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was
because I was
surrounded by phonies
d. Do you feel absolutely no concern for your future,
boy?
4. Translate the word yellow from the slang of Catcher in the Rye?
a. Happy
b. Cowardly
c. It just means the color yellow
d. Brave
i.

Holden goes to the club and talks with

three girls.
ii.

Holden says goodbye to his history

teacher.
iii.
Holden goes to the museum.
5. Put in order the events above:
a. i, ii, iii
b. ii, i, iii
c. iii, ii, i
d. iii, i, ii

Application:
6. Why is the red hat significant?
a. It shows his desire to make friends
b. It symbolizes his difference and uniqueness
c. It shows how he thinks other people see him
d. It is his most prized possession because it used to be
his brothers.
7. What event gives us the best insight into Holdens character?
a. When Holden plays the guitar for Jane.
b. When Holden writes about his brothers baseball glove.
c. When Holden recites the poem in front of his peers.
d. When Holden says that he is green after the bell boy
beats him up.

8. Why does Holden care about the curse word at the museum?
a. Because he thinks the museum is too cool to be
vandalized.
b. Because he thinks that it shows that are no good
places in the world.
c. He doesnt like to see curse words in public.
d. He doesnt care about the curse word.
9. What can you understand about Holden from his excessive cursing?
a. He is immature.
b. He is trying to act like an adult.
c. He wants to express himself.
d. He is upset about something.
10.
Why are the ducks significant?
a. They represent Holdens desire to travel around the
world.
b. They represent the cyclical way of nature, that it is
never permanent.
c. They represent how Holdens thinks of his love-life.
d. Holden hates the ducks, so they represent everything
that he hates.

Analysis:
11.

Which three words best describe Holden?


a. caring, helpful, worthy
b. hypocritical, lonely, angry
c. aggressive, honest, bad-tempered
d. yellow, dependable, talkative
i.
"What I have to do, I have to catch
everybody if they start to go over the cliff I mean if
theyre running and they dont look where theyre going I
have to come out from somewhere and catch them. Thats all
Id do all day. Id just be the catcher in the rye and
all."
ii.
"Ask her if she still keeps all her kings
in the back row."
iii.
"My brother D.B.s a writer and all, and
my brother Allie, the one that died, that I told you about,
was a wizard. Im the only really dumb one."

12.
Analyze the quotes above. Which one proves that Holden
still is in some ways innocent?
a. i
b. ii
c. iii
d. none of these

13.
"What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they
start to go over the cliff I mean if theyre running and they dont
look where theyre going I have to come out from somewhere and catch
them. Thats all Id do all day. Id just be the catcher in the rye and
all."
What theme is represented in this important quote?
a. Lack of self confidence
b. Protection of the innocent
c. Growth from youth to adult
d. Alienation from society
14.
Why does Holden dream of being the Catcher in the Rye?
a. Because he wants to save kids from falling off of a
cliff.
b. Because he wants to prevent the kids from being like
him.
c. Because he was drunk.
d. Because it is what he fears most.
15.
Why is Holden agitated when he goes to the museum?
a. The people there make him angry.
b. It makes him think about how he is changing.
c. The exhibit makes him uncomfortable
d. He just hates museums.

Synthesis:
16.
If you really want to hear about it, the first youll
probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood
was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me,
and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I dont feel like
going into it, if you want to know the truth.
How can this sentence at the beginning of the book give us insight?
a. The sentence doesnt give any insight to the rest of
the book because the main character does not say it.
b. The grammar and language used can tell us about the
time period and setting of the book.
c. The sentence doesnt give any insight about the book
because it is too early in the book to have a meaning.
d. The grammar and language used gives details about the
main character.
17.
If Holden were here today, would he tell us that society
has changed?
a. Yes - he would say that people have different morals
b. No - he would probably make a comment on everyone
being fake
c. Yes - he would say that people treat other people
differently
d. Both a and c
18.
What different tones does the author use to show different
sides of Holden? (Innocence/Adulthood)
a. Sad/Happy
b. Curious/Judgemental
c. Happy/Sad
d. The author doesnt change tones.

Evaluation:
19.
Do Holdens actions have justification? Defend your
position with evidence from the novel.

20.
(Phoniness)

Why does Holden do things that he says he hates?

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