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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. How many stars does Green award to the movie Harvey?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. Who discovered penicillin?
(a) Joseph Listerine.
(b) Rosalind Franklin.
(c) James Ogston.
(d) Alexander Fleming.

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

4. When did the famous Coney Island hot dog eating contest begin?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1970.

5. Which kind of organisms tend to have shorter temporal ranges than simple ones?
(a) Water-based ones.
(b) Land-based ones.
(c) Complex ones.
(d) Blue ones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one reason Green likes Halley's Comet?

2. Why did Green's roommate laugh at the Arabic graffiti in the background of a news report on CNN in 2003 that they watched together?

3. What group did Green first participate in on the internet when he first began using it in his review of the internet in this section?

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

5. About how long did it take Earth to go from single-celled to multicellular life?

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