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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Rapture of J.D. Salinger.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who turns off the lights on the baseball field for the final time in the novel?
(a) They turn themselves off.
(b) Ray.
(c) Karin.
(d) Annie.

2. What is the name of the hitch-hiker Ray and JD Salinger pick up?
(a) Joseph Graham.
(b) Jerry Kinsella.
(c) Ray Salinger.
(d) Archie Graham.

3. At the end of the novel, Ray turns and looks at the baseball field to see it ___________.
(a) Dark as night.
(b) Turned back into corn.
(c) Bathed in moonlight.
(d) Covered in fog.

4. Why does Ray stop in Chicago on his road trip to New Hampshire?
(a) To visit the Baseball Hall of Fame.
(b) To visit the world's tallest building, Sears Tower.
(c) He only stops to get gas and something to eat.
(d) To watch a baseball game at Comiskey Park.

5. During the argument in "The Oldest Living Chicago Cub" between Mark and Ray, what is revealed about Eddie Scissons?
(a) Eddie is scizophrinic.
(b) Eddie Scissons never owned the farm.
(c) The real Eddie Scissons died fifteen years ago.
(d) Scissons never played for the Chicago Cubs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ray consider doing when he is not invited through the door?

2. Who does Ray suggest could play with Shoeless Joe and the others?

3. What does Ray pull from his wallet to give to JD Salinger?

4. After Salinger goes through the gate, what does the voice tell Ray?

5. Who joins Ray to watch the first game?

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