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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. Shoeless Joe instructs Ray to finish a part of the field so that which player can appear?
2. What happens after the seventh inning stretch in "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964"?
3. What does Ray buy in Des Moines?
4. As "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964" ends, where are Ray and Salinger about to travel?
5. Who joins Ray to watch the first game?
Short Essay Questions
1. In The Rapture of J.D. Salinger, describe what Salinger reveals to Ray to calm his anger.
2. Who is Eddie Scissons? What is his relationship to Ray?
3. How does Ray's father describe Shoeless Joe's playing at the beginning of the novel?
4. Describe Ray's second vision after hearing the message, "Ease his pain."
5. At the beginning of the novel, would you describe Ray's farming as a commercial success? Why or why not?
6. In The Rapture of J.D. Salinger, what does Salinger promise Ray? Why is this significant?
7. What does Archie believe a player needs to do in order to earn a nickname?
8. How does Salinger compare baseball to America?
9. What does Ray expect after he completes another section of the baseball field?
10. Why doesn't anyone appear after Ray finishes the area around home plate?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
In Shoeless Joe, some characters can see the "magic," while others cannot. In an essay, analyze who can see the magic and those that can't. What qualities do those who can see the magic possess?
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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