Catcher in the Rye ch. 7 Questions and Answers
How does chapter 7 start?
Holden goes into Ackley's room and knows that Ackley's awake
What happens to Holden when he walks into Ackley's room?
He trips on a shoe
How is Ackley described sitting in bed?
He sat up and leaned on his arm...
How does chapter 7 start? - answer Holden goes into Ackley's room and knows that
Ackley's awake
What happens to Holden when he walks into Ackley's room? - answer He trips on a
shoe
How is Ackley described sitting in bed? - answer He sat up and leaned on his arm.
He has white stuff on his face for his acne and looked spooky in the dark
Did Holden know where Ackley's light switch was? - answer No
Were there chairs in Ackley's room? - answer No
What did Holden ask Ackley to play? Why - answer Canasta, because Ackley is a
"Canasta fiend"
What time was Holden talking to Ackley? - answer 11 or 11:30
What did Ackley say he had in the morning? - answer Mass
What does Holden ask Ackley if he can do? What is Ackley's reaction? - answer
Holden asks to sleep in Ely's, Ackley's roommate, bed. Ackley says that he can't give
permission for someone else's bed
How did Holden feel when he was looking out of Ackley's window? - answer
Lonesome, and like he almost wishes he were dead
What does Holden joke that the fight was about? - answer Ackley's honor
What does Holden not do right away that Ackley asks him to? - answer Turn off the
light
What does Holden think/worry about while sitting in Ely's bed? - answer Jane and
Stradlater, because Stradlater actually has sex with girls
What is Stradlater's technique for dates? - answer He talks in a quiet and sincere
voice and doesn't give up, even when a girl says no
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