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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. Where had Green traveled just before becoming seriously ill in 2014, as he describes in Part IV?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Mexico and Chicago.
(c) Ethiopia and Orlando.
(d) Canada.

2. Which friend of Green's urged him to look at the meaning of the word "believe" as he describes it in his review of Sycamore Trees?
(a) Amy Krouse Rosenthal.
(b) Richard Henderson.
(c) Chris Waters.
(d) Hassan Mora.

3. How does Green remember the smell of rain from his childhood?
(a) As being anxiety-inducing.
(b) As being like grass.
(c) As being more acidic than it is now.
(d) As being like fertilizer.

4. How many stars does Green award to the Indianapolis 500?
(a) 3 and a half.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

5. Which poet does Green reference in his review of the World's Largest Ball of Paint?
(a) William Butler Yeats.
(b) Adrienne Rich.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) John Keats.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stars does Green give to his favorite band?

2. What does Green say a good sunset always does to him in the review of Sunsets?

3. What song does Green review towards the end of Part V?

4. What did a 2004 Cornell study find affected workplace productivity, as Green explains it in the section on air-conditioning?

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

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