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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the voice first tell Ray in the beginning of the novel?
(a) "If you build it, he will come."
(b) "Go the distance."
(c) "Build a baseball field."
(d) "Ease his pain."

3. Who is Mark?
(a) Annie's brother.
(b) Ray's brother.
(c) Ray's cousin.
(d) Annie's father.

4. As the first game comes to an end, what does Shoeless Joe ask Ray?
(a) "Where is the rest of the field?"
(b) "Where did your father play baseball?"
(c) "Can I come back again?"
(d) "Is this heaven?"

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

6. What happens while Ray is having dinner at a Greek diner?
(a) He hears another message from the voice.
(b) Ray gets a phone call from Annie.
(c) There is a hold-up in the restaurant.
(d) A kitchen fire erupts forcing the restaurant to evacuate.

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

8. What does Shoeless Joe watch for during a game?
(a) The angle of the batter's bat.
(b) The pitcher's arm.
(c) The batter's feet.
(d) The sign from the catcher.

9. Why does Ray stop in Boston before driving to New Hampshire?
(a) Boston is simply along his travel route.
(b) To visit the "Oldest living Cub" Eddie Scissons.
(c) To attend a baseball game-he wants to visit Fenway alone.
(d) To make sure he has baseball tickets in hand when he asks JD Salinger to the game.

10. In the first game, why can't Ray see other players' faces?
(a) The field isn't completed.
(b) They don't have faces.
(c) They are turned the wrong way.
(d) They are too far away.

11. When Shoeless Joe first talks with Ray, how does he describe being banned from baseball?
(a) Like being in war.
(b) Like losing a child.
(c) Like dying.
(d) Like having a part of him amputated.

12. Where is Ray's gun when he convinces Salinger to join him?
(a) He forgot the gun in Iowa.
(b) In his coat pocket aimed at Salinger.
(c) In the car's glove box.
(d) In the trunk of his car.

13. What does Mark do for a living?
(a) College professor.
(b) Corn Farmer.
(c) Banker.
(d) Life insurance salesman.

14. Annie teases Ray that he couldn't know J.D. Salinger, but Ray feels that J.D. Salinger somehow knows him. How?
(a) The voice told Ray that J.D. Salinger knows him.
(b) He remembers that J.D. Salinger used to know his father.
(c) J.D. Salinger used to live in Iowa.
(d) He used his name in a story.

15. Who joins Ray to watch the first game?
(a) Ray's dog.
(b) No one.
(c) Karin.
(d) Annie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hears the second message from the voice?

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

3. According to Ray, which position player can teach you everything you need to know about a game?

4. Ray believes the second message from the voice refers to J.D. Salinger. What is J.D. Salinger famous for?

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

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