Characters
This person wants to buy a portion of Ray's farm and jokes he might find diamonds in his field when discussing Ray's finances.
Who is Mark, Annie's brother?
The reason Ray stops in Chicago during his road trip.
What is to see a baseball game in Comiskey Park?
"Ease his pain" is the second message Ray heard from an imaginary announcer. Who is the "he" this refers to?
Who is J.D. Salinger?
The location/setting where Ray notices a family watching a baseball game where only the father/husband is interested.
Where is New York, at Yankee Stadium?
The place Ray keeps his gun when convincing J.D. Salinger to join him.
What is the trunk of his car?
Ray's blood-related family member we learn more about during his flashbacks while driving to Boston with J.D. Salinger.
Who is Richard Kinsella, Ray's twin brother?
The reason the police officer pulls over Ray and Salinger.
What is a broken tail light?
The person who states "Well, until you can I don't think you should shoot anything unless you need it for food" as well as what is occurring in this moment.
Who is Ray's mom? What is the moment where Ray uses a gun for the first time and shows his mom the bird he killed?
The city where Ray stops to eat at a diner and is caught in a holdup during a domestic dispute.
Where is Cleveland?
The thing J.D. Salinger continues to ask Ray repeatedly when he arrives to take him to Boston.
What is being under psychiatric care?
The person who helps Ray with his farm before leaving on his road trip.
Who is Chesty, a retired farmer?
The thing Ray buys in Des Moines.
What is a gun?
Ray's location where it says "I eat the crackers and drink the Dr. Pepper in front of a fuzzy TV as full of moving shadows as a prisoner's past."
Where is Pittsburgh?
The baseball field J.D. Salinger dreamed about playing on as a child.
What is Polo Grounds?
The second section of the field that Ray completes at the beginning of the chapter.
What is the Home Plate?
The name J.D. Salinger asks Ray to call him.
Who is Jerry?
Ray offers this to Salinger to pursue him into coming to the baseball game with him.
What is a baseball hit by Shoeless Joe Jackson?
The "he" referred to in the quote, "'Ah, so he's with you.' the bullet-headed man behind the cash register says to us, and points a fat white finger at..." and what is occurring at this moment.
Who is the boy wandering around the Greek restaurant alone? What is Ray and J.D. Salinger stopping to eat before the Red Sox game?
The season when Ray finished building the full field.
What is fall?
The thing Ray does to help a person when stopping in Boston on his way to J.D. Salinger.
What is helping the man buy a meal?
The person who gives Ray directions to find J.D. Salinger's home.
Who is the gas station attendant?
The rumor that is J.D. Salinger's obsessive fear and the reason he stopped writing, according to a guest at one of Mark's party.
What is the fear of aging?
The person who states "But if you want to snicker when we're alone, it's okay" and what they were laughing at.
Who is Annie? What is Mark's research over corn weevils?
The location where Ray sees flowers that he drives back to at night after Karin asks for flowers to wake up to in the morning.
Where is Iowa City?
Ray finds this ironic about the seating at Fenway Park.
What is no seats above left field (the only seats above the field he built)?