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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What compliment does Shoeless Joe give Ray about the field?
2. What does the voice first tell Ray in the beginning of the novel?
3. What does JD Salinger describe writers as?
4. As "They Tore Down the Polo Grounds in 1964" ends, where are Ray and Salinger about to travel?
5. Shoeless Joe instructs Ray to finish a part of the field so that which player can appear?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do you think will happen to the baseball field after the last game in The Rapture of J.D. Salinger,?
2. At the end of the novel, why does Ray feel that he should be asked to go with the baseball players through the outfield fence?
3. Why do Salinger and Ray drive all night to the Baseball Hall of Fame?
4. Who is Eddie Scissons? What is his relationship to Ray?
5. In The Rapture of J.D. Salinger, what does Salinger promise Ray? Why is this significant?
6. What trick does Ray use to keep the field from freezing?
7. Ray received directions from a "voice." What directions did he receive and did he complete his tasks?
8. Is Shoeless Joe's arrival in Iowa a surprise, or could Ray sense that Shoeless Joe's arrival was near?
9. When a policeman pulls Ray over, why doesn't JD Salinger tell the officer that he has been kidnapped by Ray?
10. Who is the oldest living Chicago Cub?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using what you have learned about characterization, write a character analysis of one of the main characters. Include the following: a description, actions, relationship to other characters, motives, strengths and weaknesses.
Essay Topic 2
In Shoeless Joe, some characters can see the "magic," while others cannot. In an essay, analyze who can see the magic and those that can't. What qualities do those who can see the magic possess?
Essay Topic 3
In Shoeless Joe, baseball is a metaphor for religion. How does W.P. Kinsella critique traditional organized religion using baseball as a metaphor?
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