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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When does the story of Diet Dr. Pepper begin, according to Green?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1885.

4. 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?
(a) MTV Teen in the House.
(b) AOL Teen Live.
(c) Horror Story Fans.
(d) CompuServe Teen Forum.

5. Where did Green often visit during his childhood?
(a) Mount Washington.
(b) Mount Rushmore.
(c) Six Flags Adventure.
(d) Disney World.

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

7. Why did Northern Europeans often try not to say the word for "bear"?
(a) They did not have a word for bear.
(b) They feared saying the name would summon a bear.
(c) Bears were too sacred in their cultures to say their name.
(d) They had been told if they said the name, their parents would punish them.

8. What word did Green and his friends use to connote artificiality during his teenage years?
(a) Hard.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Lame.
(d) Frightful.

9. When were the Lascaux Cave Paintings first discovered?
(a) August 1944.
(b) September 1940.
(c) June 1942.
(d) May 1941.

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

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

12. What is one reason Green likes Halley's Comet?
(a) It is supposed to bring good luck.
(b) His great-grandfather discovered it.
(c) It is entirely predictable.
(d) It was last visible to earth when he proposed to his wife.

13. What is the first item or idea in this book that Green awards five stars to?
(a) Dogs.
(b) The Human Capacity for Wonder.
(c) Sunsets.
(d) The internet.

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

15. What did Todd once tell Green about his thoughts on rivers when they sat near one once as teenagers in the review on Academic Decathlon?
(a) They keep going.
(b) They are mystical.
(c) They are worthless.
(d) They are essential to human life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were some of the subjects of the Lascaux Cave Paintings?

2. Who wrote the book The Great Gatsby?

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

4. When will Halley's Comet be five times closer to the Earth than it was in 1986?

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

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