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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 169 - 222, "The Indianapolis 500" - "Wintry Mix").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Green spend so much time at the Hall of Presidents as a teenager?
(a) He loved American history.
(b) He was working on a book about one president in particular.
(c) He liked watching all the classes come through there.
(d) It had the best air-conditioning and he did not like the rest of Disney World.

2. What video game does Green have fond memories of playing often while he was a child?
(a) Tetris.
(b) Pac Man.
(c) Leaves of Gold.
(d) Super Mario Kart.

3. What does Green says he does almost every day in the review on Googling strangers?
(a) Google strangers.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Donate to charities.
(d) Read to his children.

4. Who began sending copies of The Great Gatsby to troops overseas in 1942?
(a) The Associated Press.
(b) The U.S. Council on Books in Wartime.
(c) The American Library Association.
(d) The Smock Foundation.

5. How many Canada Geese are estimated to be in the world today?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 4 - 6 million.
(c) 8 million.
(d) 1 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the planetarium Green visited when he was 9 or 10?

2. Where was Green working when he had what he describes as a mental health crisis in the section on Harvey?

3. What items did Green find particularly comforting to look over when he was being bullied at school as a child?

4. What class of drugs are usually used to treat Staphylococcus infections?

5. What does Green write is one of the terrible consequences of excruciating pain?

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