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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 does Ray try to avoid at the end of "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes To Iowa"?
(a) Breaking Shoeless Joe's concentration.
(b) Eye contact with Shoeless Joe.
(c) Stepping onto the field.
(d) Talking to his wife about the experience.

2. What name does JD Salinger ask Ray to call him?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Jerry.
(c) Sal.
(d) JD.

3. Where does Ray go to learn more about taking care of a baseball field?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Minneapolis.
(c) New York.
(d) Iowa City.

4. Ray describes falling in love with Iowa as a religious experience, but why can't he talk about it?
(a) It's too personal to talk about.
(b) It's hard to talk about a religious experience when you are being sprayed with a hose.
(c) Ray isn't very religious and doesn't know if it was "real" or not.
(d) Ray never talks about it.

5. Where does Ray believe J.D. Salinger lives?
(a) Iowa City.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as Ray leaves his seat at the game in "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964"?

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

3. Where does Ray's father settle after returning from World War I?

4. Why does Ray stop in Chicago on his road trip to New Hampshire?

5. How does a famous baseball writer describe Shoeless Joe Jackson and a piece of his equipment?

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