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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens in Moonlight Graham's first at bat on Ray's field?
(a) He hits a homerun.
(b) He hits a single.
(c) He reaches on an error.
(d) He flies out.

2. While playing baseball, Eddie was on a team that did what?
(a) Won the world series.
(b) Turned a triple play.
(c) Pitched back to back perfect games.
(d) Hit five homeruns in a row.

3. What did Doc Graham always carry with him?
(a) His briefcase.
(b) His perscription pad.
(c) His umbrella.
(d) His stethescope.

4. What business office do Ray and JD Salinger first visit to investigate Moonlight Graham?
(a) The mining museum.
(b) A tavern.
(c) The TV station.
(d) The local newspaper.

5. What is Ray and Richard's relationship?
(a) Father/Son.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Twin brothers.
(d) Uncle/Nephew.

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

7. How did Moonlight Graham get that nickname?
(a) He walked outside at night with his uniform on.
(b) He was born during a blue moon.
(c) There was a lunar eclipse the first time he came to bat in the minors.
(d) No one knows, he'd just always been called that.

8. Why is Shoeless Joe Jackson confused to see Moonlight Graham in the stands?
(a) Shoeless Joe only knew Graham as an older Doctor.
(b) Shoeless Joe has no idea who Graham is.
(c) Graham is Shoeless Joe's cousin.
(d) Graham should be playing in the game.

9. In a flashback, Ray remembers the first time he met Eddie Scissons. Where did he meet him?
(a) Montana.
(b) Chicago.
(c) St. Pauls.
(d) Iowa City.

10. Doc Graham asks Ray if he is what kind of inanimate object?
(a) A magnet.
(b) A baseball.
(c) A compass.
(d) A glove.

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

12. What did Doc Graham always buy his wife?
(a) Red scarves.
(b) White gloves.
(c) Blue dresses.
(d) Blue hats.

13. What profession is the hitch hiker who Ray and JD Salinger pick up?
(a) A baseball player.
(b) A mechanic.
(c) A farmhand.
(d) A writer.

14. What additional message did the voice give JD Salinger?
(a) "Start writing again."
(b) Nothing, he only heard "Go the distance."
(c) "Bottle the moonlight."
(d) "Fulfill the dream."

15. What does Ray do for a second time as he and JD start their road trip?
(a) Bangs his head on a pole at a gas station.
(b) Tells JD about the first time Ray read "The Catcher in the Rye."
(c) Tell JD the story of his father, Shoeless Joe, and his baseball field.
(d) Talks about the difference between different species of corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Oldest Living Chicago Cub", while Ray, Salinger and Graham are making breakfast, who calls them on the phone?

2. Having arrived in Moonlight Graham's town, what medical condition does Ray believe he and Salinger had contracted?

3. Where did Moonlight Graham grow up?

4. Who does the announcer say is the White Sox catcher?

5. Ray leaves JD Salinger alone in the hotel room and goes for a walk. How does Ray come across Doc Graham?

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