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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After interviewing people of the town, what does Ray compare memories of Doc Graham to?
(a) Family pictures kept in a box.
(b) Colored bottles that Ray and Annie dug up from their yard.
(c) A package of baseball cards held together by a rubber band.
(d) Ears of corn growing on a stalk.

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

3. How did Ray keep the field a secret from Eddie Scissons for three years?
(a) Annie would distract Eddie by flirting with him.
(b) By parking on the other side of the farmhouse.
(c) Ray was never invited over since he built the field.
(d) Eddie did know about the field.

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

5. What object does Ray treat with reverence as he touches it?
(a) Black Betty; Shoeless Joe's bat.
(b) A turnstile from the Polo Grounds.
(c) An original manuscript of Salinger's.
(d) A baseball hit by Willie Mays.

6. 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.

7. For Doc Graham, what would have been a real tragedy?
(a) If he had only been a doctor for five minutes.
(b) If he never got to play at all in the majors.
(c) If he lived in a different town.
(d) If he never met his wife.

8. At the end of "The Oldest Living Chicago Cub", Salinger gives a speech. Complete the following sentence: "I don't have to tell you that the one constant through all the years has been _____________."
(a) Baseball.
(b) Family.
(c) Music.
(d) Movies.

9. In "The Oldest Living Chicago Cub", what did Eddie sell to Mark?
(a) A tractor.
(b) Ray's mortgage.
(c) Shoeless Joe's cleats.
(d) An autographed baseball.

10. Doc Graham asks Ray if he is what kind of inanimate object?
(a) A magnet.
(b) A glove.
(c) A compass.
(d) A baseball.

11. Where did Moonlight Graham grow up?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Iowa.
(d) San Francisco.

12. What does Ray do for a second time as he and JD start their road trip?
(a) Tells JD about the first time Ray read "The Catcher in the Rye."
(b) Tell JD the story of his father, Shoeless Joe, and his baseball field.
(c) Talks about the difference between different species of corn.
(d) Bangs his head on a pole at a gas station.

13. How long did Moonlight Graham play in the majors?
(a) One week.
(b) Two months.
(c) One season.
(d) One inning.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the argument in "The Oldest Living Chicago Cub" between Mark and Ray, what is revealed about Eddie Scissons?

2. What business office do Ray and JD Salinger first visit to investigate Moonlight Graham?

3. What was Doc Graham's wife's name?

4. What is Eddie Scissons' claim to fame?

5. In The Oldest Living Chicago Cub, why is Mark so desperate to buy Ray's farm?

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