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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who hears the second message from the voice?
(a) Ray and Shoeless Joe.
(b) Ray and Annie.
(c) Ray and Karin.
(d) Only Ray.

2. Ray describes what article of clothing as being "painted on" Annie's skin?
(a) Blue jeans.
(b) Tennis shoes.
(c) A small cross.
(d) An Iowa State sweatshirt.

3. As "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964" ends, where are Ray and Salinger about to travel?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Clevland.
(c) New York.
(d) Minnesota.

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

5. There is something different between Ray's field and others he played on during his life. What is it?
(a) The type of bats.
(b) The field has lights.
(c) The shape of the outfield is different.
(d) The outfield fence is much higher.

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

7. When Shoeless Joe first talks with Ray, how does he describe being banned from baseball?
(a) Like losing a child.
(b) Like dying.
(c) Like being in war.
(d) Like having a part of him amputated.

8. Where does Ray's father settle after returning from World War I?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Iowa.
(d) New York.

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

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

11. At the end if of the first game, Shoeless Joe mentions "the others." Who is he referring to?
(a) Other players banned from baseball.
(b) Other All-Star players.
(c) Other players from Iowa.
(d) Other Hall of Fame players.

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

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

14. Why does Ray stop in Boston before driving to New Hampshire?
(a) To attend a baseball game-he wants to visit Fenway alone.
(b) To visit the "Oldest living Cub" Eddie Scissons.
(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.

15. Ray has another flash back to a confrontation with Mark. How does Mark tease Ray about his finances?
(a) He teases Mark about his inability to play softball despite having his own baseball field.
(b) He says that Ray could afford his farm if he was a better farmer.
(c) He jokes that Ray will find diamonds in his field.
(d) He jokes that a baseball knows more about farming than Ray does.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ray stop in Chicago on his road trip to New Hampshire?

2. What sound startles Ray as he watches the first game on the field?

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

4. What is the third message Ray hears from the voice?

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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