"Life Is A Game, Boy. Life Is A Game That One Plays According To The Rules." What Is The Tone of This Quote?
"Life Is A Game, Boy. Life Is A Game That One Plays According To The Rules." What Is The Tone of This Quote?
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1. What was the main idea behind Holden writing about Allies baseball glove?
To show a deeper, more emotional side of Holden
To show how bad Holden was at english
To show how much Holden hated Allie
To show how lazy Holden was
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4.What conclusion can you draw from Holdens obsession with youth?
Holden treasures innocence
Holden thinks children arent phonies
Holden likes how honest children are
All of the above
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5. What word would best replace the underlined word in the quote?
She called Janes mother and made a big stink about it.
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Party
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Laugh
6. Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.
What is the tone of this quote?
a. Light
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7. What fake name did Holden give the lady on the bus?
Ernest Marrow
Rudolf Schmidt
Carl Luce
Robert Ackley
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12. How is Holdens hunting cap related to Phoebes want to change her middle name?
They want to be like a famous person
They just want to be weird
They arent related
They both want to be unique
13. Why was it important that Holden had a good relationship with his younger sister?
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16. What would the result be if the setting hadnt been in a big city?
Holden wouldnt have gotten into so much trouble
It would have been harder for Holden to sneak out of Pencey
Holden wouldnt have encountered so many interesting people
All of the above
17. The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was.
Nobodyd move. . . . Nobodyd be different. The only thing that would be different would be you.
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18. Which fact would support your understanding of Holdens obsession with innocence?
Holden ordering the prostitute
Holden talking to the little girl at the ice skating rink
Holden sneaking out of Pencey
Holden going to stay at Mr. Antolinis house
19. Do you think Holdens mental breakdowns throughout the book help him discover who he
really is? Give at least three specific details and describe two characteristics of Holdens true
self.
20. Does the way Holden reacts to specific events or people change throughout the novel? Give
at least four examples and describe how he changes.
Answer Key
1. (A) Holdens detailed description of his deceased brothers baseball glove lets the reader know
that Holden is a very sensitive person.
2. (D) Holden woke up because Mr. Antolini was petting his head.
3. (C) The quote is Holden describing the way hes going to die and his funeral which is depressing.
4. (D) Its all of the above because throughout the novel Holden is obsessed with youth and
innocence.
5. (A) Fuss is another word to replace stink.
6. (B) The quote is serious
7. (B) Rudolf Schmidt was the fake name Holden gave the woman on the bus whose son went to
Pencey.
8. (B) Phoebe is all those words, loyal, intelligent, compassionate but she is not aloof.
9. (C) The significance of Holden refusing the prostitute was so the reader could understand that he
is actually a good person.
10. (B) The quote would be classified as Pathos because it uses descriptive words that evoke people's
emotions.
11. (A) Holden and Phoebes relationship is very loving and they understand each other.
12. (D) Both Holden and Phoebe want to be different so they both come up with ways to be unique.
13. (A) Holdens relationship with his younger sister is just another way the author stresses his
obsession with youth and innocence.
14. (B) Holdens motive for buying phoebe the record was his way of showing her that he cares for
her.
15. (B) The definition of a pacifist is a peace-lover.
16. (D) If the setting of the novel wasnt in a big city Holden would not have had an easy time doing
all the things he did.
17. (D) If Holden had stayed at Pencey many things that would be influential in his life would not
have happened.
18. (B) When Holden stops to talk to the littler girl at the ice skating rink, this is just another
example of Holdens obsession with innocence and youth.
19. Give at least three specific details and describe two characteristics of Holdens true self.
20. Give at least four examples and describe how he changes.