View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many stars does Green give velociraptors?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

3. What publication did Green write some of his earliest reviews for?
(a) Publisher's Weekly.
(b) Napster.
(c) The Bookster.
(d) Booklist.

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

5. Who wrote the book The Great Gatsby?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) C.S. Lewis.
(c) Maya Angelou.
(d) Langston Hughes.

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

7. Who took ownership of the site of the Lascaux Cave Paintings after WWII?
(a) The Swiss government.
(b) The French government.
(c) The U.S. Government.
(d) The German government.

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

9. About how many copies of The Great Gatsby sold in a year by around 1960?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 1,000,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 100,000.

10. Where did Green once work as a student chaplain?
(a) A school.
(b) A children's hospital.
(c) A bank.
(d) A military base.

11. Who discovered Staphylococcus?
(a) Alexander Ogston.
(b) Joseph Lister.
(c) James Payne.
(d) Watson Henry.

12. What did the author of The Great Gatsby think of some of its earliest reviews?
(a) The reviews were accurate.
(b) The reviews were too short.
(c) The reviewers completely misunderstood the book.
(d) They were very poignant.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the original makers of the first teddy bear, according to Green?

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

3. Whose life and death coincided roughly with appearances of Halley's Comet?

4. What is one reason Green likes Halley's Comet?

5. About how many copies of The Great Gatsby sell in a typical year in at the time of this book's publication in 2021?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 387 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample