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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. Why does Ray stop in Chicago on his road trip to New Hampshire?
(a) To visit the world's tallest building, Sears Tower.
(b) He only stops to get gas and something to eat.
(c) To watch a baseball game at Comiskey Park.
(d) To visit the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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

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

4. What season is it when Ray finishes building the full field?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ray try to avoid at the end of "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes To Iowa"?

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

3. As the first game comes to an end, what does Shoeless Joe ask Ray?

4. In the first game, why can't Ray see other players' faces?

5. What does Mark do for a living?

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