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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 does Ray offer Salinger to pursued him to come to the baseball game with him?
2. Where around the field does Ray sit to watch Shoeless Joe play for the first time?
3. What could JD Salinger write an article about that would make its members weep with pride?
4. What name does Ray call Annie when he continuously looks out his window to see if new players have arrived?
5. What compliment does Shoeless Joe give Ray about the field?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the oldest living Chicago Cub?
2. What does Eddie tell Ray to do about his father?
3. Why doesn't anyone appear after Ray finishes the area around home plate?
4. Describe the instructions Ray received at the beginning of the book.
5. What does Archie believe a player needs to do in order to earn a nickname?
6. What happens when Karin chokes on a hot dog bun?
7. Where is Eddie buried? Why?
8. Is Shoeless Joe's arrival in Iowa a surprise, or could Ray sense that Shoeless Joe's arrival was near?
9. How does Ray's father describe Shoeless Joe's playing at the beginning of the novel?
10. What is Ray's response when he hears Shoeless Joe ask Salinger if he would like to go out with the players after the game?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A major theme in the novel, Shoeless Joe, is that of redemption. In an essay, analyze this theme in the novel. Who receives redemption? How do they receive it?
Essay Topic 2
Ray goes to extreme measures to fulfill the instructions of the voice in his head. For Ray, it's about more than simply doing what he is told. It is about fulfilling dreams. In an essay, analyze the theme of fulfilling dreams. Whose dreams are fulfilled? How?
Essay Topic 3
Oftentimes, an author's bias about an event comes through in their writing. In an essay, evaluate W.P. Kinsella's stance Use examples from the text to support your thesis.
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