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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 114 - 168, "Piggly Wiggly" to "Kentucky Bluegrass").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first item or idea in this book that Green awards five stars to?
(a) The Human Capacity for Wonder.
(b) Dogs.
(c) The internet.
(d) Sunsets.

2. How many stars does Green give velociraptors?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

3. What kind of stores did the Piggly Wiggly push out of business?
(a) Iron mines.
(b) Shoe stores.
(c) Big-box retailers.
(d) Small general stores.

4. What was the name of Green's dog who he writes about in his review of sunsets?
(a) Willy.
(b) Rick.
(c) Bob.
(d) Henley.

5. Why did Northern Europeans often try not to say the word for "bear"?
(a) Bears were too sacred in their cultures to say their name.
(b) They had been told if they said the name, their parents would punish them.
(c) They feared saying the name would summon a bear.
(d) They did not have a word for bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Green once work as a student chaplain?

2. What did Todd once tell Green about his thoughts on rivers when they sat near one once as teenagers in the review on Academic Decathlon?

3. Why did Green's roommate laugh at the Arabic graffiti in the background of a news report on CNN in 2003 that they watched together?

4. What does Green says he does almost every day in the review on Googling strangers?

5. What country was the soccer player whose performance Green reviews in this section originally from?

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