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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 genre does Green draw connections with to reviews?
(a) Fiction.
(b) Memoir.
(c) Romance.
(d) Horror.

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

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

4. What did a college girlfriend of Green's once tell him her biggest fear was?
(a) Geese.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Failure.
(d) Death.

5. What did the author of The Great Gatsby think of some of its earliest reviews?
(a) The reviews were too short.
(b) The reviews were accurate.
(c) The reviewers completely misunderstood the book.
(d) They were very poignant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Todd once tell Green about his thoughts on rivers when they sat near one once as teenagers in the review on Academic Decathlon?

3. How many stars does green award to the Hall of Presidents?

4. Which kind of organisms tend to have shorter temporal ranges than simple ones?

5. Who urges Green to first participate in the Academic Decathlon?

(see the answer key)

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