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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Having arrived in Moonlight Graham's town, what medical condition does Ray believe he and Salinger had contracted?
(a) Post-fantasy depression.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) Restless leg syndrome.

3. Why is Annie nervous when Ray first comes home from his road trip with Salinger?
(a) Karin has run away.
(b) Ray now has a scar and looks like his twin brother.
(c) Annie thinks Ray had an affair while on his trip.
(d) Mark has just foreclosed on the house that day.

4. What card game are Salinger, Scisssons and Graham playing when the players return?
(a) Go Fish.
(b) Poker.
(c) Hearts.
(d) Blackjack.

5. In The Oldest Living Chicago Cub, why is Mark so desperate to buy Ray's farm?
(a) Mark wants to punish Ray for embarressing him.
(b) Ray's farm is the only section that hasn't sold to Ray and his partners.
(c) Ray's farm has the best view of the river.
(d) Mark wants to help Annie's family.

6. 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) Movies.
(b) Music.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Family.

7. What position does Archie Graham play when Shoeless Joe asks him to be on the field?
(a) Right field.
(b) Left field.
(c) Short stop.
(d) First base.

8. What does Ray expect to find in the Iowa City library after Eddie's funeral?
(a) Shoeless Joe's baseball card.
(b) A cash deposit box with enough money to pay off the mortgage.
(c) Eddie's details in the Baseball Encyclopedia.
(d) Eddie's will giving Ray full ownership of the farm.

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

10. Why is Shoeless Joe Jackson confused to see Moonlight Graham in the stands?
(a) Shoeless Joe has no idea who Graham is.
(b) Shoeless Joe only knew Graham as an older Doctor.
(c) Graham should be playing in the game.
(d) Graham is Shoeless Joe's cousin.

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

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

13. Where do Ray and JD Salinger plan to stop on their way from Chisholm to Iowa?
(a) An unnamed minor leauge ball park.
(b) Nowhere, Annie asked them to come straight home.
(c) A Twins game.
(d) A White Sox Game.

14. What was Doc Graham's wife's name?
(a) Bea.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Kristy.
(d) Alice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Moonlight Graham grow up?

2. When there is no action on the field, how many days does Ray ask Graham, Salinger and Scissons to stay?

3. What condition is the field in when Ray returns from his road trip?

4. While staying in a hotel in Minneapolis, what does JD Salinger suggest the three of them do?

5. How many times did Moonlight Graham come to bat in the majors?

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