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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The lyrics from which song are etched in wrought iron at the gates of Anfield?
(a) Satisfaction.
(b) Hold My Hand.
(c) You'll Never Walk Alone.
(d) Sympathy for the Devil.

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

3. Whose life and death coincided roughly with appearances of Halley's Comet?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt's.
(b) Mark Twain's.
(c) Cleopatra's.
(d) Winston Churchill's.

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

5. Who is Green's brother that he often works with?
(a) John.
(b) Hank.
(c) Michael.
(d) Jim.

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

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

8. What were the last words Maurice Sendak ever said in an interview?
(a) Onward!
(b) Take heart.
(c) We are all tired.
(d) Live your life.

9. About how long did it take Earth to go from single-celled to multicellular life?
(a) Three billion years.
(b) One billion years.
(c) One million years.
(d) Five hundred thousand years.

10. What does Green say the teddy bear is a reminder of?
(a) The comfort of a parent's gift on Christmas morning.
(b) The ways in which misconceptions are perpetuated.
(c) The wonders of childhood.
(d) The astonishing power of contemporary humanity.

11. At the end of Part II, what animal does Green say is terribly misunderstood in our culture because of a decades-old Disney documentary?
(a) Lemmings.
(b) Deer.
(c) Bears.
(d) Cats.

12. What did a college girlfriend of Green's once tell him her biggest fear was?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Geese.
(c) Death.
(d) Failure.

13. Where was the planetarium Green visited when he was 9 or 10?
(a) The Orlando Science Center.
(b) The Atlanta Science Center.
(c) The Chicago Science Center.
(d) San Francisco.

14. Whose name is the phrase "Teddy Bear" derived from?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Teddy Ruckspin.
(c) Teddy Clark.
(d) Teddy Kennedy.

15. What is one of Green's favorite drinks?
(a) Beer.
(b) Diet Dr. Pepper.
(c) Coke.
(d) Wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovered the Lascaux Cave Paintings?

2. What large toy company did the original makers of the teddy bear eventually found and run?

3. What did Green once tell a girlfriend in college was his biggest fear?

4. How many stars does Green give to Diet Dr. Pepper?

5. What was the name of Green's dog who he writes about in his review of sunsets?

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