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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Scissons never played for the Chicago Cubs.
(d) Eddie Scissons never owned the farm.

3. 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) Mark wants to help Annie's family.
(c) Ray's farm is the only section that hasn't sold to Ray and his partners.
(d) Ray's farm has the best view of the river.

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

5. 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.

6. What is the name of the hitch-hiker Ray and JD Salinger pick up?
(a) Joseph Graham.
(b) Ray Salinger.
(c) Jerry Kinsella.
(d) Archie Graham.

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

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

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

10. As they reach Iowa, what does Ray tell JD Salinger they need to pick up?
(a) A relief pitcher.
(b) Groceries.
(c) Baseball cleats.
(d) Grass seed.

11. What happens in Moonlight Graham's first at bat on Ray's field?
(a) He reaches on an error.
(b) He flies out.
(c) He hits a single.
(d) He hits a homerun.

12. What is the relationship between Ray, Richard and the catcher for the White Sox?
(a) The catcher is Richard and Ray's cousin.
(b) The catcher is Richard and Ray's father.
(c) The catcher is Richard and Ray's brother.
(d) The cather is Richard and Ray's college roommate.

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

14. What does Ray pull from his wallet to give to JD Salinger?
(a) All of the words the voice has spoken to him written down on paper.
(b) A fan letter written to Salinger.
(c) A picture of Ray's baseball field.
(d) Moonlight Graham's baseball card.

15. While staying in a hotel in Minneapolis, what does JD Salinger suggest the three of them do?
(a) Go swimming.
(b) Go to a bar to watch a baseball game on TV.
(c) Go out for a walk.
(d) Break into a ballpark.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Ray and JD Salinger plan to stop on their way from Chisholm to Iowa?

3. Ray leaves JD Salinger alone in the hotel room and goes for a walk. How does Ray come across Doc Graham?

4. How does Annie convince her mother to reveal Mark's plans?

5. Who does Ray dream about while staying in a motel driving to Chisholm?

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