Chapter 25 and 26 Questions

Study Questions

1. Where does Holden spend the rest of the night after he leaves Mr. Antolini’s apartment?

2. What does Holden worry about as he tries to stop thinking about the scene with Mr. Antolini?

3. Whom does Holden think about calling before he meets Phoebe?

4. What rule would Holden require all visitors at his cabin to observe?

5. How does Holden recognize Phoebe from a distance at the museum?

6. Why does Phoebe have a suitcase with her?

7. What does Phoebe say to Holden that he says sounds worse than swearing?

8. How does Holden feel as he stands in the rain watching Phoebe ride the carousel?

9. From what location is Holden telling this story?

10. What is Holden sorry about?

Chapter 24 Questions

Study Questions

1. How did Mr. Antolini feel about D.B. going to Hollywood?

2. Why does Mrs. Antolini not want Holden to look at her when she enters the room with the coffee and cake?

3. What criteria does Holden say one must meet in order to get a good grade in Oral Expression?

4. Why does Holden like Richard Kinsella’s speeches better than anyone else’s?

5. Holden admits that there were times when he hated both Stradlater and Ackley. What else does Holden say

about them?

6. What is the sense of the quote from Wilhelm Stekel which Mr. Antolini writes down for Holden?

7. What does Mr. Antolini say that Holden will do once he decides what to do with his life?

8. What does Mr. Antolini say that a good academic education will do for Holden?

9. What excuse does Holden give Mr. Antolini for having to go to the train station to get his money?

10. While awaiting the elevator, what does Holden say to Mr. Antolini?

Chapter 23 Questions

Study Questions

1. How does Mr. Antolini respond to Holden’s telephone call?

2. Who taught Phoebe to dance?

3. How does Holden feel after he dances with Phoebe?

4. What behavior of Charlene, the maid, does Phoebe object to?

5. Where does Phoebe say her prayers before she goes to bed that evening?

6. Why does Holden say that he has to leave the house?

7. Why does Phoebe not want Holden to go away?

8. Where does Holden plan to stay until Wednesday?

9. How does Phoebe try to comfort Holden when he is crying?

10. What does Holden do with the hunting hat?

Chapter 22 Questions

Study Questions

1. To what does Holden compare Phoebe’s behavior when she finds out that he was expelled from Pencey?

2. Where does Holden say that his father will send him when he learns that Holden has been expelled?

3. Even though Holden likes Mr. Spencer, why does he consider him a phony?

4. What was the Pencey alumnus looking for when he came to Holden and Stradlater’s dorm?

5. When Holden thinks about the nuns, what does he picture them doing?

6. Why did James Castle commit suicide?

7. What was the topic of the only conversation that Holden remembers having with James Castle?

8. What habit of Holden’s does Phoebe wants him to change?

9. What bothers Holden about becoming a lawyer?

10. Who is the author of “if a body meet a body coming through the rye?”

REMINDER: For ALL STUDENTS who currently have a 73% (D) and below:

 

Report Card Night is scheduled for Thursday, March 5.  Any student who has a 73% and below will be required to attend with a parent or guardian to discuss their failing grade and low performance in class.  This will be a grade for all failing students and will earn a zero if they do not attend with a parent or guardian.  Grades will be posted at the beginning of class on Wednesday, March 4 with the most updated grade and will determine which students need to attend.

 

Students with a 74% and higher (the As, Bs, and Cs of the class) will not be required to attend with a parent or guardian and will not be affected by the grade.

 

Any failing student who does not bring their parent or guardian to Report Card Night will need to read one of the extra book options from the list posted for their grade level and complete a written assignment which I will provide Friday, March 6.  The assignment will be due the following Friday, March 13.  No late assignments will be accepted.  Any assignment that is incomplete will not be accepted.

Below is the previous assignment for sensory details.  The next step is to focus on WHO will be in your moment (obviously your person, but think about what other people would be in your moment). Adding to your sensory details, focus on starting to develop your description of characters, time of the event, and developing dialogue between all of your characters.  Remember: not all conversation happens between people.  Since you are writing in first person present tense, you need to remember that characters think to themselves, which will be required to have in your paper.

 

Previous assignment:

 

Now that you have chosen the absolutely most significant moment in your historical person's life, you need to start working on the creative writing aspect of the assignment.  This is going to be the most important part of your entire writing process, because once you have this done, the rest will come easily to you.

 

Due next Tuesday, you will have to provide a detailed description of your event.  You will need to focus on the 5 main sensory details (what you see, hear, smell, feel, and taste) as the person in your story.  Your details will need to be so descriptive that your reader feels like they are your person and they ARE in the the same exact moment. 

 

You can do this one of two ways: you can write it out in paragraph form (similar to how an author starts a novel, with as many details as possible) or you can create some kind of chart/map that details your setting.

 

This assignment will be graded on HOW WELL you describe your setting, how detailed you are, and proper word choice.  The best thing to do is aim for the most detailed you can be.