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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens while Ray is having dinner at a Greek diner?
(a) Ray gets a phone call from Annie.
(b) He hears another message from the voice.
(c) A kitchen fire erupts forcing the restaurant to evacuate.
(d) There is a hold-up in the restaurant.

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

3. What does the voice first tell Ray in the beginning of the novel?
(a) "Ease his pain."
(b) "Go the distance."
(c) "If you build it, he will come."
(d) "Build a baseball field."

4. Where does Ray go to learn more about taking care of a baseball field?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Iowa City.

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

6. Why does Ray stop in Chicago on his road trip to New Hampshire?
(a) To visit the world's tallest building, Sears Tower.
(b) To visit the Baseball Hall of Fame.
(c) He only stops to get gas and something to eat.
(d) To watch a baseball game at Comiskey Park.

7. What happens as Ray leaves his seat at the game in "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964"?
(a) Someone sitting next to him spills their drink on Ray's lap.
(b) Ray is distracted and walks into a steel girder.
(c) JD Salinger asks to leave the game early.
(d) Ray knocks over a concession worker.

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

9. 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 sister named Abigail.
(c) An older brother named Matthew.
(d) A twin brother named Richard.

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

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

12. What compliment does Shoeless Joe give Ray about the field?
(a) This is the greenest grass I have ever seen.
(b) This is the softest grass my feet have ever felt.
(c) This grass is just like it is in Comiskey Park.
(d) The ball bounces true.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does JD Salinger describe writers as?

3. At the end of Chapter One, what does Shoeless Joe mistake Ray's field for?

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

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

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