J. D. Salinger - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

A story by this author opens with a phone call between Muriel and her mother, who expresses her concerns about the protagonist’s mental state. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this author of the short story collection Nine Stories and the novel The Catcher in the Rye.

ANSWER: J. D. Salinger [or Jerome David Salinger]

[10m] In this story by Salinger, Seymour Glass commits suicide after having a conversation with Sybil Carpenter about the title animals.

ANSWER: “A Perfect Day for Bananafish”

[10h] During their conversation, Sybil explains she lives in this state’s town of Whirly Wood. Another work titled “Uncle Wiggily in [this state]” also appears in Salinger’s Nine Stories.

ANSWER: Connecticut [or CT; accept “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut”]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	71%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	20.00	100%	70%	30%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	16.67	89%	56%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	11	16.36	100%	36%	27%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	20.00	89%	78%	33%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	25%	50%
Northeast	Main	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	50%	13%
South Central	Main	Y	6	21.67	100%	67%	50%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	15.00	92%	42%	17%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%

Data


Stanford A	Berkeley Boss Bandit	0	0	0	0
Stanford B	UCSC	10	0	0	10
Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Skeleton King	10	10	0	20
Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Mighty Miner	10	0	0	10
Ottawa D	McGill A	10	0	0	10
McGill C	McGill B	10	10	0	20
McGill E	Ottawa A	10	0	0	10
Carleton A	Ottawa C	10	10	0	20
Florida A	Florida B	10	0	0	10
Florida State A	South Florida A	10	0	0	10
Florida Tech A	Florida Tech B	10	0	0	10
UCF A	ERAU Daytona A	10	10	0	20
CWRU D	Ohio State D	10	0	0	10
Louisville B	WVU A	10	10	0	20
CWRU B	Louisville C	10	10	0	20
Pittsburgh	Michigan A	10	0	0	10
Michigan B	Kentucky	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	CWRU C	10	0	0	10
Michigan D	WVU B	10	10	0	20
Louisville A	Michigan State B	10	10	10	30
Ohio State A	CWRU A	10	10	10	30
Michigan State D	Ohio State C	10	10	0	20
Claremont A	UC Irvine	10	10	0	20
Claremont B	USC B	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	UCLA A	10	10	0	20
UC Santa Barbara	UCLA D	10	10	0	20
UCLA C	UCLA E	10	0	0	10
UCLA F	USC A	10	0	0	10
UCSD B	Claremont C	10	10	0	20
Liberty A	JMU B	10	10	0	20
Liberty B	William & Mary B	0	0	10	10
UNC D	Liberty C	10	0	0	10
UNC C	NCSU B	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech B	Tusculum A	10	10	0	20
UNC A	VCU A	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech C	Virginia A	10	10	0	20
Duke A	Virginia Tech A	10	10	10	30
William & Mary A	William & Mary C	10	0	0	10
George Mason B	George Mason C	10	0	0	10
Maryland B	Penn	10	0	0	10
Columbia A	Maryland C	10	0	0	10
NYU A	Rutgers C	10	10	10	30
Maryland A	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Rutgers A	NYU C	10	0	0	10
George Mason A	Rowan	10	10	10	30
Rutgers D	Lehigh A	10	10	0	20
Stony Brook	Princeton	10	0	0	10
Lehigh B	Vassar A	10	0	0	10
Rutgers B	Vassar B	10	0	0	10
Johns Hopkins	Columbia B	10	0	0	10
Chicago A	Purdue A	10	10	0	20
William Woods University A	Illinois Canada	10	10	0	20
WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Orange	10	10	10	30
Iowa A	Indiana B	10	0	0	10
Iowa B	Rose-Hulman A	0	0	0	0
Purdue B	Illinois Blue	10	10	10	30
Purdue C	Illinois Urbana	10	10	0	20
Indiana A	Purdue D	10	10	0	20
WashU Grolars	Illinois Champaign	10	10	10	30
Macalester	Minnesota	10	0	10	20
Iowa State	Wisconsin B	10	10	10	30
Michigan Tech	Wisconsin C	10	0	0	10
Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	10	0	0	10
Alberta A	Texas	10	0	0	10
Boise State	Alberta B	10	0	0	10
Arizona State A	Washington Masu	10	10	0	20
Arizona State B	Washington Chinook	10	10	0	20
Washington Coho	British Columbia B	10	0	0	10
Washington Sockeye	British Columbia C	10	10	0	20
Washington State	Washington Chum	10	0	0	10
Washington Atlantic	Washington Steelhead	10	10	10	30
Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston University B	10	10	10	30
Williams A	Tufts A	10	10	0	20
Kansas State A	Central Oklahoma A	10	0	0	10
Murray State College B	Harding	10	10	10	30
Nebraska B	Tulsa A	10	10	0	20
Oklahoma	Central Oklahoma B	10	10	10	30
Nebraska C	Rose State	10	0	0	10
Murray State College A	Tulsa B	10	10	10	30
Clemson A	Auburn A	10	0	0	10
Auburn B	Vanderbilt A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech A	Auburn C	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech C	10	0	0	10
Chipola College	Mississippi State A	10	10	10	30
Sewanne	Tennessee Tech	10	0	0	10
South Carolina A	Georgia A	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	Emory A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Tennessee B	10	0	0	10
Vanderbilt B	Clemson B	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech E	Vanderbilt C	10	0	0	10
Alabama A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Cornell D	Binghamton C	10	10	0	20
Binghamton A	Binghamton B	10	10	0	20
RIT A	RIT B	10	0	0	10
Cornell C	Rochester	10	0	0	10
Cornell B	ESF	10	0	0	10