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

2. What is one of Green's favorite drinks?
(a) Diet Dr. Pepper.
(b) Wine.
(c) Coke.
(d) Beer.

3. Which famous soccer player's performance does Green review at the end of Part II?
(a) Jerzy Dudek.
(b) Escobar.
(c) Jerry Hines.
(d) Pele.

4. Whose life and death coincided roughly with appearances of Halley's Comet?
(a) Winston Churchill's.
(b) Mark Twain's.
(c) Teddy Roosevelt's.
(d) Cleopatra's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does seeing Canada geese in his yard have on Green?

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

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

4. How many stars does Green give to Diet Dr. Pepper?

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

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