Text Box: Shoeless Joe  – Pages 89-101

1.  What message did Jerry hear in

 Boston that Ray did not?  How did Ray

 feel about Jerry receiving a message

 that was just to him?

 

 2.  How does Ray describe Moonlight

 Graham?

 

 3.  Where do Ray and Jerry decide to

 go to find out more about Moonlight

 Graham?

 

 4.  Why do they decide not to stop on

 the way?

 

 5.  Where is Chisholm?

 

 6.  Salinger says that being a writer is

 different than other occupations.  How?

 

 7.  The clerk at the Baseball Hall of

 Fame thought that Salinger once worked

 for whom?

 

 8.  What did they learn about Moonlight

 Graham at the Baseball Hall of Fame?

 

 9.  Who is Eddie Scissons?  How did Ray

 meet him?  How is Eddie significant in

 Ray’s life?

 

 10. The “gas jockey” near Cleveland

 mistakes Jerry for what other author?

 

 11.  What is written on the side of the

 water tower in Chisholm?

 

 12.  When did Ray and Jerry begin to

 come down from their “fantasy high.”

 

 13.  Who is Veda Ponikvar?  How do you

 know she is “well-connected.”

 

 14.  What information did Veda have

 concerning Moonlight Graham?

 

 15.  What did they find out about Doc

 Graham from the editorial “His Was a

 Life of Greatness”?

 

 16.  Who are “the baseball boys”?

 

 17.  What is disappointing to Ray about

 the way Salinger intends to do his

 investigation?

 

 18.  What happened at a basketball

 tournament in Minneapolis?

 

 19.  Doc didn’t smoke or drink.  What

 did he do?

 

 20.  How much did the people of

 Chisholm know about “Moonlight”

 Graham?  What is the point?

 

Reflection:

 

  Text Box: 1.  What message did Jerry hear in 
 Boston that Ray did not?  How did Ray 
 feel about Jerry receiving a message 
 that was just to him?
 
 2.  How does Ray describe Moonlight 
 Graham?
 
 3.  Where do Ray and Jerry decide to 
 go to find out more about Moonlight 
 Graham?
 
 4.  Why do they decide not to stop on 
 the way?
 
 5.  Where is Chisholm?
 
 6.  Salinger says that being a writer is 
 different than other occupations.  How?
 
 7.  The clerk at the Baseball Hall of 
 Fame thought that Salinger once worked 
 for whom?
 
 8.  What did they learn about Moonlight 
 Graham at the Baseball Hall of Fame?
 
 9.  Who is Eddie Scissons?  How did Ray 
 meet him?  How is Eddie significant in 
 Ray’s life?
 
 10. The “gas jockey” near Cleveland 
 mistakes Jerry for what other author?
 
 11.  What is written on the side of the 
 water tower in Chisholm?
  
 12.  When did Ray and Jerry begin to 
 come down from their “fantasy high.”
 
 13.  Who is Veda Ponikvar?  How do you 
 know she is “well-connected.”
 
 14.  What information did Veda have 
 concerning Moonlight Graham? 
 
 15.  What did they find out about Doc 
 Graham from the editorial “His Was a 
 Life of Greatness”?
 
 16.  Who are “the baseball boys”?
 
 17.  What is disappointing to Ray about 
 the way Salinger intends to do his 
 investigation?
 
 18.  What happened at a basketball 
 tournament in Minneapolis?
 
 19.  Doc didn’t smoke or drink.  What 
 did he do?
 
 20.  How much did the people of 
 Chisholm know about “Moonlight” 
 Graham?  What is the point?
 
Reflection: