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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 223 - 274, "The Hotdogs of Baejarins Beztu Pylsur" to "Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the largest nonreligious gathering of humans on earth every year, according to Green?
(a) The Indianapolis 500.
(b) The New York City Marathon.
(c) Burning Man.
(d) Coachella.

2. Where did Green grow up?
(a) Orlando, Florida.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(d) New York, New York.

3. Who urges Green to first participate in the Academic Decathlon?
(a) His favorite teacher.
(b) His parents.
(c) His brother Hank.
(d) His best friend and roommate, Todd.

4. Where had Green traveled just before becoming seriously ill in 2014, as he describes in Part IV?
(a) Mexico and Chicago.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Canada.
(d) Ethiopia and Orlando.

5. What does Green say a good sunset always does to him in the review of Sunsets?
(a) Makes him cry.
(b) Makes him angry.
(c) Makes him remember those he has lost.
(d) Steals the words from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Part II, what animal does Green say is terribly misunderstood in our culture because of a decades-old Disney documentary?

2. Where did Green take notes for most of his life?

3. What does Green say the teddy bear is a reminder of?

4. How many stars does Green award to Staphylococcus aureus?

5. When will Halley's Comet be five times closer to the Earth than it was in 1986?

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