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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take Ray to achieve the right turf?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) One summer.

2. According to Ray, which position player can teach you everything you need to know about a game?
(a) The catcher.
(b) The left fielder.
(c) The first basemen.
(d) The pitcher.

3. Who first notices Shoeless Joe when he appears on the field?
(a) Ray's dog.
(b) Ray.
(c) Annie.
(d) Karin.

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

5. As he approaches New Hampshire, Ray has a flashback to a lecture he once heard about JD Salinger. Who is giving the lecture?
(a) An un-named teacher.
(b) His father, John.
(c) His brother in law, Mark.
(d) A professor of his from Iowa State.

6. How and where does Ray first meet Annie?
(a) In Chicago, IL; at a baseball game.
(b) In Iowa; Annie was the daughter of Ray's landlady.
(c) In Iowa; Ray was on a road trip.
(d) In Berkeley, CA; they meet in college.

7. What could JD Salinger write an article about that would make its members weep with pride?
(a) A country club located near Fenway Park.
(b) A yacht club.
(c) A restaurant across the street from the ball park.
(d) A church they drove past on their drive.

8. After returning from the war, which team does Ray's father quickly learn to love?
(a) New York Giants.
(b) Chicago White Sox.
(c) Chicago Cubs.
(d) New York Yankees.

9. Ray brings up a dream that JD Salinger once described, what was it?
(a) Salinger dreamed about playing baseball in Fenway Park.
(b) Salinger dreamed about playing baseball with Mickey Mantle.
(c) Salinger dreamed about playing at the Polo Grounds.
(d) Salinger dreamed about playing baseball with Shoeless Joe.

10. Annie teases Ray that he couldn't know J.D. Salinger, but Ray feels that J.D. Salinger somehow knows him. How?
(a) He used his name in a story.
(b) He remembers that J.D. Salinger used to know his father.
(c) The voice told Ray that J.D. Salinger knows him.
(d) J.D. Salinger used to live in Iowa.

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

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

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

14. What does Mark do for a living?
(a) College professor.
(b) Banker.
(c) Life insurance salesman.
(d) Corn Farmer.

15. Before he became a farmer, what did Ray do for a living?
(a) Door to door salesman.
(b) Life insurance salesman.
(c) Groundskeeper at the college baseball field.
(d) Seed salesman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ray say is his astrological sign?

2. As "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964" ends, where are Ray and Salinger about to travel?

3. What happens as Ray leaves his seat at the game in "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964"?

4. What season is it when Ray finishes building the full field?

5. In what state is Shoeless Joe seen playing in a "tenth rate commercial league"?

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