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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 114 - 168, "Piggly Wiggly" to "Kentucky Bluegrass").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Green once work as a student chaplain?
(a) A children's hospital.
(b) A military base.
(c) A bank.
(d) A school.

2. What does Green think about the amount of shared resources we devote to our lawn grass?
(a) It is not enough.
(b) He has never thought about this question.
(c) It is just right.
(d) It is a staggeringly large amount.

3. Who wrote the song Auld Lang Syne?
(a) Rick Astley.
(b) Mick Jagger.
(c) Robert Burns.
(d) Shakespeare.

4. What did Vince Lombardi famously say about winning in Green's section on the yips?
(a) Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
(b) Try again if you don't win the first time.
(c) Win or lose, it's how you play.
(d) Winning only means something to the winner.

5. What were some of the subjects of the Lascaux Cave Paintings?
(a) Celestial bodies.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Waterways.
(d) Animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Green find in the section on Googling strangers when he finally Googles a very sick child he met years earlier?

2. Which poet does Green cite in his review on Harvey?

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

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

5. Where is CNN headquartered?

(see the answer key)

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