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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 position did Ray's father play in the minor leagues?

2. What does Ray feel is ironic about Fenway Park?

3. Which baseball team does both Ray and his father loathe?

4. What is the second section of the field that Ray completes?

5. Annie teases Ray that he couldn't know J.D. Salinger, but Ray feels that J.D. Salinger somehow knows him. How?

Short Essay Questions

1. What false tale does Eddie tell Ray?

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

3. In The Rapture of J.D. Salinger, describe what Salinger reveals to Ray to calm his anger.

4. What is Dr. Graham's most private wish?

5. Describe what happens after the end of the game in The Rapture of J.D. Salinger.

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

7. Will completing Shoeless Joe's request be easy for Ray? Why or why not?

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

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

10. How does Salinger compare baseball to America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using what you have learned about characterization, write a character analysis of one of the main characters. Include the following: a description, actions, relationship to other characters, motives, strengths and weaknesses.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, write a literary critique of The Shoeless Joe. Include the following:

• What is the author's purpose in writing the story?

• What is the author's underlying belief about the topic?

• Do you agree with the author's conclusions?

• Does the writing follow a conventional plot diagram?

• Is the conflict made clear?

• Do you agree with the author's resolution of the conflict?

• Is there enough evidence throughout the novel to support the events that take place?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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