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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Life and Times of Moonlight Graham.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ray offer Salinger to pursued him to come to the baseball game with him?
(a) Nothing-he uses the gun to force Salinger to join him.
(b) A clod of grass from Ray's field.
(c) Shoeless Joe's cleats.
(d) A baseball hit by Shoeless Joe.

2. What could JD Salinger write an article about that would make its members weep with pride?
(a) A country club located near Fenway Park.
(b) A yacht club.
(c) A restaurant across the street from the ball park.
(d) A church they drove past on their drive.

3. What does Salinger ask Ray multiple times before he agrees to join him at the baseball game?
(a) How good are the seats to the game?
(b) If Ray is under physciatric care.
(c) How long will the game take?
(d) How long it took for Ray to drive to his home from Iowa.

4. How does Ray determine what year it is as he is talking with Doc Graham?
(a) He sees a political sign in a store window.
(b) He scrapes mud of a license plate to check the year's registration tag.
(c) He asks him about last year's World Series.
(d) He guesses the year by looking at the movie theater's marquee.

5. Which famous baseball player picked Shoeless Joe as the greatest left fielder of all time?
(a) Babe Ruth.
(b) Willie Mays.
(c) Mickey Mantle.
(d) Ty Cobb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Having found out about the life of Dr. Graham, why can't JD Salinger return home to New Hampshire?

2. Shoeless Joe instructs Ray to finish a part of the field so that which player can appear?

3. Ray describes falling in love with Iowa as a religious experience, but why can't he talk about it?

4. Before he became a farmer, what did Ray do for a living?

5. What baseball field did J.D. Salinger dream about playing on as a child?

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