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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Rapture of J.D. Salinger.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ray try to avoid at the end of "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes To Iowa"?
(a) Talking to his wife about the experience.
(b) Stepping onto the field.
(c) Breaking Shoeless Joe's concentration.
(d) Eye contact with Shoeless Joe.

2. What does Ray offer Salinger to pursued him to come to the baseball game with him?
(a) Nothing-he uses the gun to force Salinger to join him.
(b) A clod of grass from Ray's field.
(c) Shoeless Joe's cleats.
(d) A baseball hit by Shoeless Joe.

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

4. At the end of the novel, what does Salinger admit to Ray?
(a) That he played baseball as a young child.
(b) That he wants to move in with Ray's family.
(c) That he has been working on a new novel about baseball.
(d) That he gave an interview about baseball.

5. Walking off the field, Ray hoists Karin on this shoulders. What does he describe her as?
(a) A mop of red hair.
(b) A bag of potatoes.
(c) A bale of hay.
(d) A small sack of corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of the book, how does Ray prevent his grass from being ruined in a freeze?

2. How does Ray determine what year it is as he is talking with Doc Graham?

3. At the end of the novel, what does Salinger remind Ray about the baseball field?

4. What does JD Salinger describe writers as?

5. What does Ray feel when he is not asked to go with the other players through the door?

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