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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does JD Salinger ask Ray to call him?
(a) Jerry.
(b) Sal.
(c) JD.
(d) Johnny.

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

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

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

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

6. Which famous baseball player picked Shoeless Joe as the greatest left fielder of all time?
(a) Mickey Mantle.
(b) Babe Ruth.
(c) Ty Cobb.
(d) Willie Mays.

7. Who joins Ray to watch the first game?
(a) Annie.
(b) Ray's dog.
(c) No one.
(d) Karin.

8. What does Salinger ask Ray multiple times before he agrees to join him at the baseball game?
(a) How long will the game take?
(b) How long it took for Ray to drive to his home from Iowa.
(c) If Ray is under physciatric care.
(d) How good are the seats to the game?

9. What does Shoeless Joe watch for during a game?
(a) The angle of the batter's bat.
(b) The pitcher's arm.
(c) The batter's feet.
(d) The sign from the catcher.

10. How does Ray describe the crowd at Fenway?
(a) As crazed mob.
(b) As a flock of seagulls.
(c) As a congregation.
(d) As a wave of green and white.

11. Shoeless Joe instructs Ray to finish a part of the field so that which player can appear?
(a) Ray's father.
(b) Buck Weaver.
(c) Chick Gandil.
(d) Eddie Cicotte.

12. What does Ray feel is ironic about Fenway Park?
(a) The dimensions of the field are exactly opposite.
(b) The color of the Green Monster is the same color paint he used on his left field wall.
(c) There are no seats above left field, where his field only has seats above left field.
(d) The left fielder for the visiting team is named Jackson.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the first game comes to an end, what does Shoeless Joe ask Ray?

2. In his second vision, what professional baseball park is Ray seated in?

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

4. As Shoeless Joe talks about playing in the major leagues, Ray remembers falling in love with the land of Iowa. What is his memory of?

5. When Shoeless Joe first talks with Ray, how does he describe being banned from baseball?

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