Catcher in the Rye Chs. 10-12 Quiz & Close Reading Bundle

Measure reading comprehension and support analysis of Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger (chapters 10-12) with this bundle, which features a plot-based quiz and close reading exercises. Answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in both Word Document and PDF formats.

This resource may serve as the basis for small-group discussions. Through these discussions, students decode language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development, demonstrating an ability to analyze how complex characters transform and advance the plot and themes by applying logic and citing compelling, meaningful textual evidence. They will also evaluate their peers’ reasoning and use of rhetoric to advance claims, clarifying or challenging unclear ideas. Using this resource for structured guidance, students will present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly, concisely, and appropriately, thereby helping their peers comprehend their thinking.

Copyright restrictions prohibit the inclusion of complete literary works, so the purchaser is responsible for providing students with access to the novel.

By engaging in these exercises, students will:

• Articulate what the text states explicitly and implicitly
• Explain the significance of a given detail
• Write with clarity, logic, and precision
• Cite relevant textual evidence in support of claims
• Explore character motivations
• Compare Allie and Phoebe
• Analyze the author’s word choices to discern meaning in context
• Verify interpretations of language using reference materials such as a dictionary or thesaurus
• Apply knowledge of situational irony and understatement
• Articulate how Holden can discern that the three women at the club are tourists
• Identify several specific ways in which the three women do not live up to Holden’s standards
• Articulate how Holden goads one of the women into showing her gullibility
• Articulate how the three women demonstrate cleverness
• Articulate how Holden wishes to be perceived, as well as how he is actually perceived
• Analyze the significance of a tense shift in Holden’s language
• Identify several of Jane’s eccentricities that Holden finds endearing
• Compare Jane and Holden’s methods of dealing with trauma
• Discern tone in context
• Make logical inferences about Holden’s manner of referring to others
• Explain how Holden exhibits psychological projection in his conversation with the cab driver
• Identify the nature of Lillian’s connection to D.B.
• Articulate what Holden implies about Lillian’s personality in the context of an excerpt
• Identify Holden’s personal reason for disliking Lillian’s date
• Articulate how Holden feels widespread praise affects art
• Articulate how Ernie reinforces Holden’s opinions on how praise affects art