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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Oldest Living Chicago Cub.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ray get through the locked door?
(a) He breaks the lock by kicking it.
(b) He picks the lock by hand.
(c) He climbs through a window.
(d) He climbs over the fence.

2. Ray brings up a dream that JD Salinger once described, what was it?
(a) Salinger dreamed about playing baseball with Shoeless Joe.
(b) Salinger dreamed about playing baseball in Fenway Park.
(c) Salinger dreamed about playing baseball with Mickey Mantle.
(d) Salinger dreamed about playing at the Polo Grounds.

3. What object does Ray treat with reverence as he touches it?
(a) An original manuscript of Salinger's.
(b) A baseball hit by Willie Mays.
(c) A turnstile from the Polo Grounds.
(d) Black Betty; Shoeless Joe's bat.

4. What name does JD Salinger ask Ray to call him?
(a) Sal.
(b) JD.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Jerry.

5. For Doc Graham, what would have been a real tragedy?
(a) If he had only been a doctor for five minutes.
(b) If he never got to play at all in the majors.
(c) If he lived in a different town.
(d) If he never met his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could JD Salinger write an article about that would make its members weep with pride?

2. Why does a banker call Eddie Scissons about Ray's mortgage payments?

3. What is the name of the hitch-hiker Ray and JD Salinger pick up?

4. What does Ray offer Salinger to pursued him to come to the baseball game with him?

5. Why does Ray ask if JD Salinger eats soybeans?

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