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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 55 - 112, "Canada Geese" to "Penguins of Madagascar").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What items did Green find particularly comforting to look over when he was being bullied at school as a child?
(a) Scratch 'n' Sniff stickers.
(b) Stamps.
(c) Suncatchers.
(d) Bird houses.

2. What has happened to the weather over the last 100 years or so, as Green mentions in his essay on Air-Conditioning?
(a) It has gotten colder.
(b) It has stayed the same.
(c) It has gotten hotter.
(d) He does not mention the weather in this section.

3. What did Green once tell a girlfriend in college was his biggest fear?
(a) Abandonment.
(b) Death.
(c) Failure.
(d) Illness.

4. What is one main reason for the large-scale shift in human geography, according to Green?
(a) Financial markets.
(b) Where churches are built.
(c) Air-conditioning.
(d) Animal migration.

5. What group did Green first participate in on the internet when he first began using it in his review of the internet in this section?
(a) MTV Teen in the House.
(b) AOL Teen Live.
(c) CompuServe Teen Forum.
(d) Horror Story Fans.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Green remember the smell of rain from his childhood?

2. Who wrote the play Liliom that debuted in Budapest in 1909?

3. When was the Tyrannosaurus rex first named?

4. Where was the planetarium Green visited when he was 9 or 10?

5. Who discovered the Lascaux Cave Paintings?

(see the answer key)

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