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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What baseball field did J.D. Salinger dream about playing on as a child?
(a) The Polo Grounds.
(b) Comiskey Park.
(c) Yankee Stadium.
(d) Ebbets Field.

2. What is the voice's second message?
(a) "Go the distance."
(b) "Ease his pain."
(c) "Finish the field."
(d) "Find the book."

3. What does the voice first tell Ray in the beginning of the novel?
(a) "Go the distance."
(b) "Ease his pain."
(c) "Build a baseball field."
(d) "If you build it, he will come."

4. What does JD Salinger describe writers as?
(a) Jesters.
(b) Magicians.
(c) Thiefs.
(d) Poets.

5. What is the third message Ray hears from the voice?
(a) "Find him."
(b) "Go the distance."
(c) "Return to Iowa."
(d) "He is coming."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ray go to learn more about taking care of a baseball field?

2. Before leaving on his trip, who helps Ray tend to the field in the spring?

3. What position did Ray's father play in the minor leagues?

4. Why does Ray stop in Boston before driving to New Hampshire?

5. As Ray and Salinger travel towards Boston, why does a policeman pull Ray over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Eddie wearing when he is found dead?

2. Describe Moonlight Graham's experience of playing baseball in the Major Leagues.

3. What did Dr. Graham always buy for his wife?

4. In The Rapture of J.D. Salinger, Salinger says he wants to "touch the perfect dream." Describe what the "perfect dream" might be for Salinger.

5. Explain the title, The Rapture of J.D. Salinger.

6. How does Shoeless Joe get his nickname?

7. What do you think will happen to the baseball field after the last game in The Rapture of J.D. Salinger,?

8. What false tale does Eddie tell Ray?

9. At the ballgame, J.D. Salinger asks Ray how he knew the voice was describing him when the voice said "Ease his pain"; how did Ray respond?

10. What does Eddie tell Ray to do about his father?

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