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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens after the seventh inning stretch in "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964"?
2. In "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964", we learn about a member of Ray's family. Who is this person?
3. Before he became a farmer, what did Ray do for a living?
4. What happens while Ray is having dinner at a Greek diner?
5. As he approaches New Hampshire, Ray has a flashback to a lecture he once heard about JD Salinger. Who is giving the lecture?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Ray's second vision after hearing the message, "Ease his pain."
2. Describe Annie's appearance.
3. Why do Ray and J.D. Salinger drive to Chisholm, Minnesota?
4. How does Ray convince J.D. Salinger to admit to hearing the voice?
5. 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?
6. At the ballgame, J.D. Salinger asks Ray how he knew the voice was describing him when the voice said "Ease his pain"; how did Ray respond?
7. What does Ray expect after he completes another section of the baseball field?
8. Why do Salinger and Ray drive all night to the Baseball Hall of Fame?
9. What does Eddie tell Ray to do about his father?
10. At the Twins game, what does Salinger hear that Ray does not? How does this make Ray feel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The setting significantly affects the plot of a novel. In an essay, analyze the role of setting including a description of the setting of Shoeless Joe, how the setting can change the novel, and examples of how the novel would be different if the setting were to change.
Essay Topic 2
In Shoeless Joe, baseball is a metaphor for religion. How does W.P. Kinsella critique traditional organized religion using baseball as a metaphor?
Essay Topic 3
Overall, W.P. Kinsella wants the reader to believe in a simpler time where all was good. Was all truly good in the world at this time? For whom was it an unequal time?
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