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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. Why does Ray stop in Boston before driving to New Hampshire?
(a) Boston is simply along his travel route.
(b) To attend a baseball game-he wants to visit Fenway alone.
(c) To visit the "Oldest living Cub" Eddie Scissons.
(d) To make sure he has baseball tickets in hand when he asks JD Salinger to the game.

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

3. There is something different between Ray's field and others he played on during his life. What is it?
(a) The type of bats.
(b) The field has lights.
(c) The outfield fence is much higher.
(d) The shape of the outfield is different.

4. Which famous baseball player picked Shoeless Joe as the greatest left fielder of all time?
(a) Mickey Mantle.
(b) Willie Mays.
(c) Babe Ruth.
(d) Ty Cobb.

5. Who hears the second message from the voice?
(a) Ray and Annie.
(b) Ray and Shoeless Joe.
(c) Only Ray.
(d) Ray and Karin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens as Ray leaves his seat at the game in "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964"?

3. What is the second section of the field that Ray completes?

4. Why does Ray stop in Chicago on his road trip to New Hampshire?

5. In what state is Shoeless Joe seen playing in a "tenth rate commercial league"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Ray and J.D. Salinger drive to Chisholm, Minnesota?

2. Why do Salinger and Ray drive all night to the Baseball Hall of Fame?

3. In The Rapture of J.D. Salinger, describe what Salinger reveals to Ray to calm his anger.

4. What does Archie believe a player needs to do in order to earn a nickname?

5. Why doesn't anyone appear after Ray finishes the area around home plate?

6. What does Ray thinks happens to the ball players when they walk through the door in the outfield fence after the last game?

7. Explain the symbolism of doors in The Rapture of J.D. Salinger.

8. What does Shoeless Joe ask Ray after the first game ends? What is Ray's answer?

9. Who is Eddie Scissons? What is his relationship to Ray?

10. While at the Minneapolis Twins ballpark, what does Ray ask Salinger and Archie?

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