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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ray get through the locked door?
(a) He climbs through a window.
(b) He breaks the lock by kicking it.
(c) He picks the lock by hand.
(d) He climbs over the fence.

2. How does Annie convince her mother to reveal Mark's plans?
(a) By having Karin ask her.
(b) By telling her if she lies, she'll go to Hell.
(c) By bribing her.
(d) By saying women should stick together.

3. JD Salinger begins to tell strangers his identity. What is their general reaction?
(a) They immediately tell their friends to come quickly to meet a living legend.
(b) They accuse him of lying.
(c) They either don't know who he is or confuse him for other writers.
(d) JD keeps his identity secret.

4. In a flashback, Ray remembers the first time he met Eddie Scissons. Where did he meet him?
(a) Montana.
(b) St. Pauls.
(c) Iowa City.
(d) Chicago.

5. Ray calls Annie from their brief stay at a motel. What does Annie tell Ray?
(a) That the corn is crowning.
(b) The Mark is trying to buy the farm.
(c) That there hasn't been a baseball game since he left.
(d) That Karin lost her first tooth.

6. During the argument in "The Oldest Living Chicago Cub" between Mark and Ray, what is revealed about Eddie Scissons?
(a) The real Eddie Scissons died fifteen years ago.
(b) Eddie is scizophrinic.
(c) Eddie Scissons never owned the farm.
(d) Scissons never played for the Chicago Cubs.

7. In "The Oldest Living Chicago Cub", while Ray, Salinger and Graham are making breakfast, who calls them on the phone?
(a) Mark.
(b) Gypsy.
(c) Salinger's son.
(d) Richard.

8. How does Ray know Eddie?
(a) Eddie is Ray's neighbor.
(b) Ray bought Eddie's farm.
(c) Eddie is Annie's Godfather.
(d) Eddie knew Ray's father.

9. What is the title of the article about Dr. Graham?
(a) "A Ball Player For A Moment, A Doctor Forever."
(b) "A Player On A Field Of Dreams."
(c) "Magic Of The Moonlight."
(d) "His Was A Life Of Greatness."

10. How did Moonlight Graham get that nickname?
(a) He walked outside at night with his uniform on.
(b) There was a lunar eclipse the first time he came to bat in the minors.
(c) He was born during a blue moon.
(d) No one knows, he'd just always been called that.

11. What is Eddie Scissons' claim to fame?
(a) That he is the oldest living Chicago Cub.
(b) That he was the first designated hitter inducted into the Hall of Fame.
(c) That he was the last person to bat at the Polo Grounds.
(d) That he used to play baseball with Shoeless Joe.

12. What is Moonlight Graham's first name?
(a) Jerry.
(b) Moonlight.
(c) Archibald.
(d) Raymond.

13. Who does Ray dream about while staying in a motel driving to Chisholm?
(a) Shoeless Joe.
(b) JD Salinger.
(c) Eddie Scissons.
(d) Moonlight Graham.

14. Where is Eddie Scissons buried?
(a) He is cremated.
(b) In left field.
(c) Behind the dugouts.
(d) In the cemetery in Iowa City.

15. What profession is the hitch hiker who Ray and JD Salinger pick up?
(a) A baseball player.
(b) A farmhand.
(c) A mechanic.
(d) A writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ray keep the field a secret from Eddie Scissons for three years?

2. What is the relationship between Ray, Richard and the catcher for the White Sox?

3. Why does Ray ask if JD Salinger eats soybeans?

4. What position player is Ray excited to see finally appear on the field?

5. Why does a banker call Eddie Scissons about Ray's mortgage payments?

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