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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. How many stars does Green give to the Academic Decathlon?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4 and a half.
(d) 3.

2. How old was Green when he began participating in the Academic Decathlon in his review on the same subject?
(a) 18.
(b) 9.
(c) About 14 or 15.
(d) 12.

3. What does Green identify as probably the biggest shared challenge facing Twenty-first Century humans in the section on air-conditioning?
(a) Climate change.
(b) Political division.
(c) Food shortages.
(d) Drug addiction.

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

5. How many stars does Green award to Staphylococcus aureus?
(a) 2 and a half.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Green's brother that he often works with?

2. What were the last words Maurice Sendak ever said in an interview?

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

4. What is one of Green's favorite drinks?

5. What does Green say his friend Stan Muller tells him in Green's review of the internet?

(see the answer key)

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