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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Green identify as probably the biggest shared challenge facing Twenty-first Century humans in the section on air-conditioning?
(a) Climate change.
(b) Food shortages.
(c) Drug addiction.
(d) Political division.

2. How many stars does green award to the Hall of Presidents?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4 and a half.
(d) 1.

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

4. Which famous soccer player's performance does Green review at the end of Part II?
(a) Escobar.
(b) Jerzy Dudek.
(c) Jerry Hines.
(d) Pele.

5. Why was the Lascaux Cave closed to the public eventually?
(a) People's viewing of the paintings was destroying them with mold and wear and tear.
(b) The cave was flooded.
(c) The cave was being used by animals for their nests.
(d) The government started charging admission and there was a legal dispute.

6. Where did Green get a Staphylococcus aureus infection several years before writing the book?
(a) In his eye.
(b) In his hand.
(c) In his ankle.
(d) In his brain.

7. What book and movie popularized but also led to misconceptions about velociraptors?
(a) Large Teeth.
(b) Paleontologists.
(c) Jurassic Park.
(d) Dinos!

8. Which poet does Green excerpt a poem from in his review on sunsets?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) E.E. Cummings.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

9. What does Green say a good sunset always does to him in the review of Sunsets?
(a) Makes him remember those he has lost.
(b) Makes him cry.
(c) Makes him angry.
(d) Steals the words from him.

10. How many stars does Green give air-conditioning?
(a) 0.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

11. 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.

12. How many stars does Green give to the Academic Decathlon?
(a) 2.
(b) 4 and a half.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

13. What effect does seeing Canada geese in his yard have on Green?
(a) They give him a sense of suspicion.
(b) They give him a sense of nature in the suburbs.
(c) They make him angry.
(d) They give him a sense of anxiety.

14. How many stars does Green give the teddy bear?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) Two and a half.
(d) 5.

15. How many stars does Green give to Diet Dr. Pepper?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3 and 1/2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovered Staphylococcus?

2. Where did Green often visit during his childhood?

3. Where did Green grow up?

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

5. When were the Lascaux Cave Paintings first discovered?

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