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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. What happens after the seventh inning stretch in "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964"?
(a) Ray sees an entry for a baseball player on the stadium scoreboard.
(b) JD Salinger sneaks out of the stadium without Ray.
(c) The game is rained out.
(d) There is a fight between the two teams.

2. At the end of Chapter One, what does Shoeless Joe mistake Ray's field for?
(a) Yankee Stadium.
(b) Comiskey Park.
(c) The first field he ever played on.
(d) Heaven.

3. What position did Ray's father play in the minor leagues?
(a) Left field.
(b) First base.
(c) Catcher.
(d) Pitcher.

4. What is the third message Ray hears from the voice?
(a) "Return to Iowa."
(b) "Go the distance."
(c) "He is coming."
(d) "Find him."

5. Who is Mark?
(a) Ray's cousin.
(b) Annie's father.
(c) Ray's brother.
(d) Annie's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his second vision, what professional baseball park is Ray seated in?

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

3. At the end if of the first game, Shoeless Joe mentions "the others." Who is he referring to?

4. Who first notices Shoeless Joe when he appears on the field?

5. How and where does Ray first meet Annie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. At the Twins game, what does Salinger hear that Ray does not? How does this make Ray feel?

5. What does Ray expect after he completes another section of the baseball field?

6. What happens when Karin chokes on a hot dog bun?

7. Describe the instructions Ray received at the beginning of the book.

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

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

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

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