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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the top of the 10 things that Green said scared him on the podcast "10 Things That Scare Me"?
(a) Jell-O.
(b) Deer.
(c) Spiders.
(d) A global pandemic.

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

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

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

5. What country was the soccer player whose performance Green reviews in this section originally from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) Poland.

6. What items did Green find particularly comforting to look over when he was being bullied at school as a child?
(a) Stamps.
(b) Suncatchers.
(c) Bird houses.
(d) Scratch 'n' Sniff stickers.

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

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

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

10. Who were the original makers of the first teddy bear, according to Green?
(a) Henderson Toy company.
(b) Morris and Rose Mitchom.
(c) Chris and Angstron Harlow.
(d) The Wright Brothers.

11. 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.

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

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

14. Which kind of organisms tend to have shorter temporal ranges than simple ones?
(a) Complex ones.
(b) Land-based ones.
(c) Blue ones.
(d) Water-based ones.

15. What did Green once tell a girlfriend in college was his biggest fear?
(a) Death.
(b) Illness.
(c) Failure.
(d) Abandonment.

Short Answer Questions

1. The lyrics from which song are etched in wrought iron at the gates of Anfield?

2. Who urges Green to first participate in the Academic Decathlon?

3. Who wrote the book The Great Gatsby?

4. At the end of Part II, what animal does Green say is terribly misunderstood in our culture because of a decades-old Disney documentary?

5. How does Green remember the smell of rain from his childhood?

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