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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Life and Times of Moonlight Graham.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How did Moonlight Graham get that nickname?
(a) He walked outside at night with his uniform on.
(b) He was born during a blue moon.
(c) There was a lunar eclipse the first time he came to bat in the minors.
(d) No one knows, he'd just always been called that.

3. What is Moonlight Graham's first name?
(a) Archibald.
(b) Moonlight.
(c) Raymond.
(d) Jerry.

4. Where does Ray's father settle after returning from World War I?
(a) Iowa.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) South Carolina.

5. How many times did Moonlight Graham come to bat in the majors?
(a) Never.
(b) Twenty times.
(c) Ten times.
(d) Once.

Short Answer Questions

1. What baseball field did J.D. Salinger dream about playing on as a child?

2. At the end if of the first game, Shoeless Joe mentions "the others." Who is he referring to?

3. How and where does Ray first meet Annie?

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

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

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