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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ray say is his astrological sign?
(a) Steal.
(b) Hit and run.
(c) Taurus.
(d) Gemini.

2. At the end if of the first game, Shoeless Joe mentions "the others." Who is he referring to?
(a) Other All-Star players.
(b) Other Hall of Fame players.
(c) Other players banned from baseball.
(d) Other players from Iowa.

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

4. Where around the field does Ray sit to watch Shoeless Joe play for the first time?
(a) Along the first base side.
(b) Behind left field.
(c) Behind home plate.
(d) Along the third base side.

5. Ray describes falling in love with Iowa as a religious experience, but why can't he talk about it?
(a) It's hard to talk about a religious experience when you are being sprayed with a hose.
(b) Ray isn't very religious and doesn't know if it was "real" or not.
(c) Ray never talks about it.
(d) It's too personal to talk about.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous baseball player picked Shoeless Joe as the greatest left fielder of all time?

2. What is the voice's second message?

3. As Ray and Salinger travel towards Boston, why does a policeman pull Ray over?

4. Ray has another flash back to a confrontation with Mark. How does Mark tease Ray about his finances?

5. Where does Ray believe J.D. Salinger lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shoeless Joe get his nickname?

2. Describe Annie's appearance.

3. Would Moonlight Graham rather be a doctor or a baseball player?

4. In The Rapture of J.D. Salinger, what does Salinger promise Ray? Why is this significant?

5. Explain the title, The Rapture of J.D. Salinger.

6. When a policeman pulls Ray over, why doesn't JD Salinger tell the officer that he has been kidnapped by Ray?

7. At the ballgame, J.D. Salinger asks Ray how he knew the voice was describing him when the voice said "Ease his pain"; how did Ray respond?

8. Ray remarks that Shoeless Joe is the only player of "substance" the night he first arrives on the field. How does Ray describe the other players that night?

9. What information do Ray and Salinger learn at the Baseball Hall of Fame?

10. How does Ray convince J.D. Salinger to admit to hearing the voice?

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