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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Ray and JD Salinger go first to investigate Moonlight Graham's career?
(a) A baseball museum in New York City.
(b) Ray's home library.
(c) Back to Fenway Park.
(d) The Baseball Hall of Fame.

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

3. After interviewing people of the town, what does Ray compare memories of Doc Graham to?
(a) A package of baseball cards held together by a rubber band.
(b) Family pictures kept in a box.
(c) Colored bottles that Ray and Annie dug up from their yard.
(d) Ears of corn growing on a stalk.

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

5. Where did Moonlight Graham grow up?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Minnesota.

6. How did Ray keep the field a secret from Eddie Scissons for three years?
(a) Ray was never invited over since he built the field.
(b) By parking on the other side of the farmhouse.
(c) Eddie did know about the field.
(d) Annie would distract Eddie by flirting with him.

7. What kind of car does Ray drive?
(a) A Chevrolet.
(b) A Datsun.
(c) A Toyota.
(d) A Dodge.

8. How does Ray determine what year it is as he is talking with Doc Graham?
(a) He guesses the year by looking at the movie theater's marquee.
(b) He scrapes mud of a license plate to check the year's registration tag.
(c) He asks him about last year's World Series.
(d) He sees a political sign in a store window.

9. What signals to Salinger, Scissons, and Ray that the baseball players have returned?
(a) The baseball lights are on.
(b) They hear a crack of the bat.
(c) They hear the voice again.
(d) There is a full moon.

10. Where is Eddie Scissons buried?
(a) In left field.
(b) In the cemetery in Iowa City.
(c) He is cremated.
(d) Behind the dugouts.

11. What position did Moonlight Graham play in the major league?
(a) Left Field.
(b) Catcher.
(c) First Base.
(d) Right Field.

12. Having arrived in Moonlight Graham's town, what medical condition does Ray believe he and Salinger had contracted?
(a) Hallucinations.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Post-fantasy depression.
(d) Restless leg syndrome.

13. What does Ray expect to find in the Iowa City library after Eddie's funeral?
(a) Eddie's will giving Ray full ownership of the farm.
(b) A cash deposit box with enough money to pay off the mortgage.
(c) Eddie's details in the Baseball Encyclopedia.
(d) Shoeless Joe's baseball card.

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

15. What condition is the field in when Ray returns from his road trip?
(a) The field is gone, it has been replaced by corn.
(b) Ragged shape with dandelions and overgrown grass.
(c) Good shape because Annie took care of it while he was gone.
(d) Perfect shape with freshly mowed grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question is on the bottom of the form the Baseball Hall of Fame sends to every player who has ever played in the Major Leagues?

2. Doc Graham asks Ray if he is what kind of inanimate object?

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

4. What does Ray pull from his wallet to give to JD Salinger?

5. What is Eddie Scissons wearing when he dies?

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