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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which baseball team does both Ray and his father loathe?
(a) Brooklyn Dodgers.
(b) New York Yankees.
(c) New York Giants.
(d) Chicago White Sox.

2. What is the second section of the field that Ray completes?
(a) The pitcher's mound.
(b) Center field.
(c) The Dugout.
(d) Home plate.

3. What name does Ray call Annie when he continuously looks out his window to see if new players have arrived?
(a) Little Miss Muffet.
(b) Alice in Wonderland.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Pollyanna.

4. Ray believes the second message from the voice refers to J.D. Salinger. What is J.D. Salinger famous for?
(a) Banker.
(b) Author.
(c) Baseball manager.
(d) Baseball player.

5. Who does Ray suggest could play with Shoeless Joe and the others?
(a) His father.
(b) Lou Gherig.
(c) Babe Ruth.
(d) Ty Cobb.

6. As the first game comes to an end, what does Shoeless Joe ask Ray?
(a) "Can I come back again?"
(b) "Is this heaven?"
(c) "Where is the rest of the field?"
(d) "Where did your father play baseball?"

7. When Chick Gandil first appears, how is he described?
(a) Like a bull pawing the ground.
(b) Like a teacher pacing back and forth.
(c) Like an angel floating around the base.
(d) Like a solider guarding a fort.

8. In "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964", we learn about a member of Ray's family. Who is this person?
(a) A cousin also named Ray.
(b) A twin brother named Richard.
(c) A sister named Abigail.
(d) An older brother named Matthew.

9. Why does Ray stop in Boston before driving to New Hampshire?
(a) To visit the "Oldest living Cub" Eddie Scissons.
(b) To attend a baseball game-he wants to visit Fenway alone.
(c) Boston is simply along his travel route.
(d) To make sure he has baseball tickets in hand when he asks JD Salinger to the game.

10. Ray describes falling in love with Iowa as a religious experience, but why can't he talk about it?
(a) Ray never talks about it.
(b) Ray isn't very religious and doesn't know if it was "real" or not.
(c) It's too personal to talk about.
(d) It's hard to talk about a religious experience when you are being sprayed with a hose.

11. In the first game, why can't Ray see other players' faces?
(a) They are too far away.
(b) They don't have faces.
(c) The field isn't completed.
(d) They are turned the wrong way.

12. What does Ray buy in Des Moines?
(a) Bases.
(b) An autographed baseball.
(c) Grass seed.
(d) A gun.

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

14. Where does Ray believe J.D. Salinger lives?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Iowa City.

15. What baseball field did J.D. Salinger dream about playing on as a child?
(a) Ebbets Field.
(b) Comiskey Park.
(c) The Polo Grounds.
(d) Yankee Stadium.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shoeless Joe instructs Ray to finish a part of the field so that which player can appear?

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

3. What does Ray offer Salinger to pursued him to come to the baseball game with him?

4. Where around the field does Ray sit to watch Shoeless Joe play for the first time?

5. What does JD Salinger describe writers as?

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