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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. In the first game, why can't Ray see other players' faces?
(a) They are too far away.
(b) The field isn't completed.
(c) They don't have faces.
(d) They are turned the wrong way.

2. As Shoeless Joe talks about playing in the major leagues, Ray remembers falling in love with the land of Iowa. What is his memory of?
(a) Planting a garden for Annie.
(b) His first harvest.
(c) Eating a meal with food he grew himself.
(d) Planting corn for the first time.

3. What happens after the seventh inning stretch in "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964"?
(a) There is a fight between the two teams.
(b) Ray sees an entry for a baseball player on the stadium scoreboard.
(c) The game is rained out.
(d) JD Salinger sneaks out of the stadium without Ray.

4. How did Shoeless Joe get his nickname?
(a) He was too poor to buy new shoes so he simply played in his socks.
(b) He ran so fast around the bases that sometimes his shoes would fall off.
(c) We are never told, the name just stuck.
(d) His spikes hurt him so mid-way through the game. he'd take them off and play in his socks.

5. The first time Shoeless Joe arrives on the field, who is the first one to greet him?
(a) Ray, Annie, and Karin.
(b) Ray.
(c) Annie and Ray.
(d) No one; he disappears before anyone approaches.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the voice's second message?

3. As he approaches New Hampshire, Ray has a flashback to a lecture he once heard about JD Salinger. Who is giving the lecture?

4. Where is Ray's gun when he convinces Salinger to join him?

5. What does JD Salinger describe writers as?

(see the answer key)

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