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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 is the second section of the field that Ray completes?
(a) The pitcher's mound.
(b) The Dugout.
(c) Center field.
(d) Home plate.

2. Ray has another flash back to a confrontation with Mark. How does Mark tease Ray about his finances?
(a) He jokes that a baseball knows more about farming than Ray does.
(b) He teases Mark about his inability to play softball despite having his own baseball field.
(c) He says that Ray could afford his farm if he was a better farmer.
(d) He jokes that Ray will find diamonds in his field.

3. Before he became a farmer, what did Ray do for a living?
(a) Door to door salesman.
(b) Seed salesman.
(c) Groundskeeper at the college baseball field.
(d) Life insurance salesman.

4. How long does it take Ray to achieve the right turf?
(a) One summer.
(b) Three years.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

5. Why does Ray stop in Boston before driving to New Hampshire?
(a) Boston is simply along his travel route.
(b) To visit the "Oldest living Cub" Eddie Scissons.
(c) To make sure he has baseball tickets in hand when he asks JD Salinger to the game.
(d) To attend a baseball game-he wants to visit Fenway alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could JD Salinger write an article about that would make its members weep with pride?

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

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. Who hears the second message from the voice?

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

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