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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 try to avoid at the end of "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes To Iowa"?
2. Ray describes what article of clothing as being "painted on" Annie's skin?
3. What sound startles Ray as he watches the first game on the field?
4. What could JD Salinger write an article about that would make its members weep with pride?
5. As "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964" ends, where are Ray and Salinger about to travel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe what Ray observes after the seventh inning stretch at Fenway Park.
2. 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?
3. What does Ray expect after he completes another section of the baseball field?
4. What happens to Ray as he is walking through the South Side of Chicago on his way to the baseball game?
5. How does Ray's father describe Shoeless Joe's playing at the beginning of the novel?
6. What does Eddie tell Ray to do about his father?
7. How did Dr. Graham get the nickname "Moonlight?"
8. Describe Moonlight Graham's experience of playing baseball in the Major Leagues.
9. What do you think will happen to the baseball field after the last game in The Rapture of J.D. Salinger,?
10. Why do Ray and J.D. Salinger drive to Chisholm, Minnesota?
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
Write an expository essay giving an overview of the Black Sox scandal. Include key players, evidence against the players and Shoeless Joe's role. Include whether or not you think Shoeless Joe was guilty. What evidence is there against him?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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