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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. There is something different between Ray's field and others he played on during his life. What is it?
(a) The field has lights.
(b) The outfield fence is much higher.
(c) The type of bats.
(d) The shape of the outfield is different.

2. Ray describes what article of clothing as being "painted on" Annie's skin?
(a) Blue jeans.
(b) A small cross.
(c) An Iowa State sweatshirt.
(d) Tennis shoes.

3. Who does Ray suggest could play with Shoeless Joe and the others?
(a) Ty Cobb.
(b) Lou Gherig.
(c) Babe Ruth.
(d) His father.

4. What baseball field did J.D. Salinger dream about playing on as a child?
(a) Comiskey Park.
(b) The Polo Grounds.
(c) Ebbets Field.
(d) Yankee Stadium.

5. When Shoeless Joe first talks with Ray, how does he describe being banned from baseball?
(a) Like dying.
(b) Like having a part of him amputated.
(c) Like losing a child.
(d) Like being in war.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his second vision, what professional baseball park is Ray seated in?

2. In what state is Shoeless Joe seen playing in a "tenth rate commercial league"?

3. As Ray and Salinger travel towards Boston, why does a policeman pull Ray over?

4. What does the voice first tell Ray in the beginning of the novel?

5. Ray brings up a dream that JD Salinger once described, what was it?

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