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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. Who first notices Shoeless Joe when he appears on the field?
(a) Annie.
(b) Ray.
(c) Karin.
(d) Ray's dog.

2. Ray brings up a dream that JD Salinger once described, what was it?
(a) Salinger dreamed about playing baseball in Fenway Park.
(b) Salinger dreamed about playing baseball with Shoeless Joe.
(c) Salinger dreamed about playing baseball with Mickey Mantle.
(d) Salinger dreamed about playing at the Polo Grounds.

3. Shoeless Joe instructs Ray to finish a part of the field so that which player can appear?
(a) Chick Gandil.
(b) Eddie Cicotte.
(c) Ray's father.
(d) Buck Weaver.

4. Before he became a farmer, what did Ray do for a living?
(a) Door to door salesman.
(b) Life insurance salesman.
(c) Seed salesman.
(d) Groundskeeper at the college baseball field.

5. Ray describes falling in love with Iowa as a religious experience, but why can't he talk about it?
(a) Ray never talks about it.
(b) It's too personal to talk about.
(c) It's hard to talk about a religious experience when you are being sprayed with a hose.
(d) Ray isn't very religious and doesn't know if it was "real" or not.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where around the field does Ray sit to watch Shoeless Joe play for the first time?

2. What name does JD Salinger ask Ray to call him?

3. As the first game comes to an end, what does Shoeless Joe ask Ray?

4. When Chick Gandil first appears, how is he described?

5. What does Ray buy in Des Moines?

Short Essay Questions

1. In The Rapture of J.D. Salinger, what does Salinger promise Ray? Why is this significant?

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

3. What false tale does Eddie tell Ray?

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

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

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

7. What does Annie's family think of Ray?

8. In The Rapture of J.D. Salinger, Salinger says he wants to "touch the perfect dream." Describe what the "perfect dream" might be for Salinger.

9. Ray remarks that Shoeless Joe is the only player of "substance" the night he first arrives on the field. How does Ray describe the other players that night?

10. Describe what Ray observes after the seventh inning stretch at Fenway Park.

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