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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Oldest Living Chicago Cub.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position did Ray's father play in the minor leagues?
(a) First base.
(b) Left field.
(c) Catcher.
(d) Pitcher.

2. How does Ray know Eddie?
(a) Eddie is Annie's Godfather.
(b) Eddie knew Ray's father.
(c) Ray bought Eddie's farm.
(d) Eddie is Ray's neighbor.

3. How did Shoeless Joe get his nickname?
(a) We are never told, the name just stuck.
(b) His spikes hurt him so mid-way through the game. he'd take them off and play in his socks.
(c) He ran so fast around the bases that sometimes his shoes would fall off.
(d) He was too poor to buy new shoes so he simply played in his socks.

4. Where do Ray and JD Salinger plan to stop on their way from Chisholm to Iowa?
(a) An unnamed minor leauge ball park.
(b) A White Sox Game.
(c) A Twins game.
(d) Nowhere, Annie asked them to come straight home.

5. Before leaving on his trip, who helps Ray tend to the field in the spring?
(a) His neighbor, South Paw.
(b) His brother in law, Mark.
(c) A retired farmer named Chesty.
(d) Shoeless Joe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the hitch-hiker Ray and JD Salinger pick up?

3. Who does Ray dream about while staying in a motel driving to Chisholm?

4. For Doc Graham, what would have been a real tragedy?

5. Annie teases Ray that he couldn't know J.D. Salinger, but Ray feels that J.D. Salinger somehow knows him. How?

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