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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. How many times does Ray hear the voice's first instructions?
(a) Five times.
(b) Once.
(c) Twice.
(d) Three times.

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

3. Ray has another flash back to a confrontation with Mark. How does Mark tease Ray about his finances?
(a) He jokes that Ray will find diamonds in his field.
(b) He jokes that a baseball knows more about farming than Ray does.
(c) He teases Mark about his inability to play softball despite having his own baseball field.
(d) He says that Ray could afford his farm if he was a better farmer.

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

5. In his second vision, what professional baseball park is Ray seated in?
(a) Comiskey Park in Chicago.
(b) Fenway Park in Boston.
(c) Yankee Stadium in New York.
(d) The Polo Grounds in New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ray suggest could play with Shoeless Joe and the others?

2. What does Ray say is his astrological sign?

3. What name does JD Salinger ask Ray to call him?

4. Ray brings up a dream that JD Salinger once described, what was it?

5. In the first game, why can't Ray see other players' faces?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Will completing Shoeless Joe's request be easy for Ray? Why or why not?

3. How does Ray's father describe Shoeless Joe's playing at the beginning of the novel?

4. Who is the oldest living Chicago Cub?

5. What trick does Ray use to keep the field from freezing?

6. Describe Moonlight Graham's experience of playing baseball in the Major Leagues.

7. At the beginning of the novel, would you describe Ray's farming as a commercial success? Why or why not?

8. Describe the flashback that Ray experiences as he buys the gun in Des Moines.

9. Describe Ray's second vision after hearing the message, "Ease his pain."

10. Why do Ray and J.D. Salinger drive to Chisholm, Minnesota?

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