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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. When will Halley's Comet be five times closer to the Earth than it was in 1986?
(a) 2181.
(b) 2261.
(c) 2381.
(d) 2061.

2. Which soccer player did the player whose performance Green reviews in this section mimic to bring his team the championship?
(a) Henry Simpson.
(b) Pele.
(c) Bruce Grobbelaar.
(d) Escobar.

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

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

5. Why did Green spend so much time at the Hall of Presidents as a teenager?
(a) He loved American history.
(b) He was working on a book about one president in particular.
(c) He liked watching all the classes come through there.
(d) It had the best air-conditioning and he did not like the rest of Disney World.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Green say a good sunset always does to him in the review of Sunsets?

2. Who was one of Green's roommates in 2003 who was glued to CNN while America Invaded Iraq?

3. What did the author of The Great Gatsby think of some of its earliest reviews?

4. How old was Green when he began participating in the Academic Decathlon in his review on the same subject?

5. What did a college girlfriend of Green's once tell him her biggest fear was?

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