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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. When Chick Gandil first appears, how is he described?
(a) Like a bull pawing the ground.
(b) Like a teacher pacing back and forth.
(c) Like a solider guarding a fort.
(d) Like an angel floating around the base.

2. Who does Ray suggest could play with Shoeless Joe and the others?
(a) Ty Cobb.
(b) Lou Gherig.
(c) His father.
(d) Babe Ruth.

3. How did Shoeless Joe get his nickname?
(a) We are never told, the name just stuck.
(b) His spikes hurt him so mid-way through the game. he'd take them off and play in his socks.
(c) He ran so fast around the bases that sometimes his shoes would fall off.
(d) He was too poor to buy new shoes so he simply played in his socks.

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

5. How and where does Ray first meet Annie?
(a) In Iowa; Ray was on a road trip.
(b) In Iowa; Annie was the daughter of Ray's landlady.
(c) In Chicago, IL; at a baseball game.
(d) In Berkeley, CA; they meet in college.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salinger ask Ray multiple times before he agrees to join him at the baseball game?

2. What is the voice's second message?

3. Ray describes falling in love with Iowa as a religious experience, but why can't he talk about it?

4. What does Ray say is his astrological sign?

5. What happens while Ray is having dinner at a Greek diner?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ray convince J.D. Salinger to admit to hearing the voice?

2. As they drive from the game, Ray recalls the interview that J.D. Salinger gave about his boyhood dream; what was it?

3. When coming back into Iowa, why does Ray want to pick up Eddie Scissons?

4. What do you think will happen to the baseball field after the last game in The Rapture of J.D. Salinger,?

5. How does Salinger compare baseball to America?

6. What is Eddie wearing when he is found dead?

7. Describe Ray's second vision after hearing the message, "Ease his pain."

8. Is Shoeless Joe's arrival in Iowa a surprise, or could Ray sense that Shoeless Joe's arrival was near?

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

10. How does Shoeless Joe get his nickname?

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