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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. What does Ray buy in Des Moines?
(a) A gun.
(b) Bases.
(c) An autographed baseball.
(d) Grass seed.

2. Before he became a farmer, what did Ray do for a living?
(a) Door to door salesman.
(b) Life insurance salesman.
(c) Seed salesman.
(d) Groundskeeper at the college baseball field.

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

4. How does Ray describe the crowd at Fenway?
(a) As a congregation.
(b) As a flock of seagulls.
(c) As crazed mob.
(d) As a wave of green and white.

5. What is Moonlight Graham's first name?
(a) Archibald.
(b) Raymond.
(c) Jerry.
(d) Moonlight.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the third message Ray hears from the voice?

3. After Ray returns from his road trip with Salinger, why is Richard in town?

4. How does Ray know Eddie?

5. What signals to Salinger, Scissons, and Ray that the baseball players have returned?

(see the answer key)

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