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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. Who joins Ray to watch the first game?
(a) Karin.
(b) No one.
(c) Ray's dog.
(d) Annie.

2. Annie teases Ray that he couldn't know J.D. Salinger, but Ray feels that J.D. Salinger somehow knows him. How?
(a) He used his name in a story.
(b) The voice told Ray that J.D. Salinger knows him.
(c) J.D. Salinger used to live in Iowa.
(d) He remembers that J.D. Salinger used to know his father.

3. In what state is Shoeless Joe seen playing in a "tenth rate commercial league"?
(a) MIchigan.
(b) New York.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Iowa.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the voice's second message?

2. How many times does Ray hear the voice's first instructions?

3. What is the second section of the field that Ray completes?

4. What happens after the seventh inning stretch in "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964"?

5. Before he became a farmer, what did Ray do for a living?

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