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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 223 - 274, "The Hotdogs of Baejarins Beztu Pylsur" to "Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was everyone in the country Green visited in 2008 so ecstatic?
(a) The country was celebrating its 100th birthday.
(b) The country had won its first-ever team Olympic medal.
(c) There was a new royal baby.
(d) The country had just won EU membership.

2. Who does Green recall doing a school report on as he describes it in the review of the QWERTY Keyboard?
(a) Ben Franklin.
(b) Nikola Tesla.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Thomas Edison.

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

4. What did Coney Island used to be the capital of, according to Green?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Skating.
(d) Hucksters.

5. What does Green find in the section on Googling strangers when he finally Googles a very sick child he met years earlier?
(a) He can not find the child online.
(b) The child died.
(c) He can only find the child's twin brother.
(d) The child survived.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many stars does Green award to the Indianapolis 500?

3. What does Green write happened to the founder of Piggly Wiggly as he aged?

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

5. Which famous soccer player's performance does Green review at the end of Part II?

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