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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ray, which position player can teach you everything you need to know about a game?
(a) The pitcher.
(b) The left fielder.
(c) The catcher.
(d) The first basemen.

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

3. What baseball field did J.D. Salinger dream about playing on as a child?
(a) The Polo Grounds.
(b) Yankee Stadium.
(c) Ebbets Field.
(d) Comiskey Park.

4. Where does Ray believe J.D. Salinger lives?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Boston.
(c) Iowa City.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Ray hear the voice's first instructions?

2. As "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964" ends, where are Ray and Salinger about to travel?

3. What does the voice first tell Ray in the beginning of the novel?

4. As Shoeless Joe talks about playing in the major leagues, Ray remembers falling in love with the land of Iowa. What is his memory of?

5. Where does Ray go to learn more about taking care of a baseball field?

Short Essay Questions

1. When a policeman pulls Ray over, why doesn't JD Salinger tell the officer that he has been kidnapped by Ray?

2. What happens when Ray and Richard approach their father?

3. How does Salinger compare baseball to America?

4. Would Moonlight Graham rather be a doctor or a baseball player?

5. How does Ray's father describe Shoeless Joe's playing at the beginning of the novel?

6. Who is the oldest living Chicago Cub?

7. What is Ray's response when he hears Shoeless Joe ask Salinger if he would like to go out with the players after the game?

8. What happens to Ray as he is walking through the South Side of Chicago on his way to the baseball game?

9. Describe what happens after the end of the game in The Rapture of J.D. Salinger.

10. How did Dr. Graham get the nickname "Moonlight?"

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