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:

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