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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What baseball field did J.D. Salinger dream about playing on as a child?
(a) Comiskey Park.
(b) Ebbets Field.
(c) Yankee Stadium.
(d) The Polo Grounds.

2. What is the third message Ray hears from the voice?
(a) "Go the distance."
(b) "Find him."
(c) "He is coming."
(d) "Return to Iowa."

3. How long does it take Ray to achieve the right turf?
(a) Two years.
(b) Three years.
(c) One summer.
(d) One year.

4. Shoeless Joe instructs Ray to finish a part of the field so that which player can appear?
(a) Buck Weaver.
(b) Chick Gandil.
(c) Eddie Cicotte.
(d) Ray's father.

5. What does Ray offer Salinger to pursued him to come to the baseball game with him?
(a) Nothing-he uses the gun to force Salinger to join him.
(b) A clod of grass from Ray's field.
(c) Shoeless Joe's cleats.
(d) A baseball hit by Shoeless Joe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the voice's second message?

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

3. What does Ray buy in Des Moines?

4. What name does JD Salinger ask Ray to call him?

5. Before leaving on his trip, who helps Ray tend to the field in the spring?

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