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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 voice's second message?
(a) "Ease his pain."
(b) "Go the distance."
(c) "Finish the field."
(d) "Find the book."

2. 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 says that Ray could afford his farm if he was a better farmer.
(c) He jokes that Ray will find diamonds in his field.
(d) He jokes that a baseball knows more about farming than Ray does.

3. What does Salinger ask Ray multiple times before he agrees to join him at the baseball game?
(a) If Ray is under physciatric care.
(b) How long it took for Ray to drive to his home from Iowa.
(c) How long will the game take?
(d) How good are the seats to the game?

4. What happens as Ray leaves his seat at the game in "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964"?
(a) Someone sitting next to him spills their drink on Ray's lap.
(b) Ray knocks over a concession worker.
(c) Ray is distracted and walks into a steel girder.
(d) JD Salinger asks to leave the game early.

5. How does Ray describe the crowd at Fenway?
(a) As a wave of green and white.
(b) As crazed mob.
(c) As a flock of seagulls.
(d) As a congregation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Ray call Annie when he continuously looks out his window to see if new players have arrived?

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

3. Who is Mark?

4. Ray describes what article of clothing as being "painted on" Annie's skin?

5. What does Shoeless Joe watch for during a game?

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