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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position did Ray's father play in the minor leagues?
(a) Catcher.
(b) First base.
(c) Pitcher.
(d) Left field.

2. Shoeless Joe instructs Ray to finish a part of the field so that which player can appear?
(a) Ray's father.
(b) Chick Gandil.
(c) Eddie Cicotte.
(d) Buck Weaver.

3. How does Ray describe the crowd at Fenway?
(a) As a congregation.
(b) As a wave of green and white.
(c) As a flock of seagulls.
(d) As crazed mob.

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

5. In his second vision, what professional baseball park is Ray seated in?
(a) Comiskey Park in Chicago.
(b) Yankee Stadium in New York.
(c) The Polo Grounds in New York.
(d) Fenway Park in Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Shoeless Joe get his nickname?

2. When Chick Gandil first appears, how is he described?

3. Annie teases Ray that he couldn't know J.D. Salinger, but Ray feels that J.D. Salinger somehow knows him. How?

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

5. According to Ray, which position player can teach you everything you need to know about a game?

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