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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the largest nonreligious gathering of humans on earth every year, according to Green?
(a) The New York City Marathon.
(b) The Indianapolis 500.
(c) Coachella.
(d) Burning Man.

2. What other board game does playing Monopoly sometimes make Green think about?
(a) Sequence.
(b) Sorry!
(c) Settlers of Catan.
(d) Universal Paperclips.

3. How many stars does Green award to whispering?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

4. Who was Green's boss when he suffered a mental health crisis in the section on Harvey?
(a) Jennifer Jones.
(b) Richard Robards.
(c) Bill Ott.
(d) Marlene Stacey.

5. How does Green usually get to the Indianapolis 500?
(a) By train.
(b) By bike.
(c) By plane.
(d) By car.

6. What does Green says he does almost every day in the review on Googling strangers?
(a) Google strangers.
(b) Read to his children.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Donate to charities.

7. What does Green think about the amount of shared resources we devote to our lawn grass?
(a) It is a staggeringly large amount.
(b) It is just right.
(c) It is not enough.
(d) He has never thought about this question.

8. Which poet does Green cite in his review of Plague?
(a) Zadie Smith.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) William Butler Yeats.
(d) Clint Smith.

9. What creature does Green find a nuisance in his garden?
(a) Groundhog.
(b) Bird.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Weasel.

10. What was the most serious symptom Green describes from his serious illness in Part IV?
(a) A terrible headache.
(b) Nausea.
(c) Muscle pains.
(d) Bone pain.

11. Where did Green first see Doi's ink drawings for the first time?
(a) At the Guggenheim Museum in 2019.
(b) At the American Fold Art Museum's show about obsessive drawing in 2006.
(c) At the Hirshorn Museum in 2017.
(d) At the Tate Modern Museum in 2010.

12. What was America's first 24-hour news network?
(a) MSNBC.
(b) CNN.
(c) Fox.
(d) C-SPAN.

13. How many stars does Green award to Kentucky Bluegrass?
(a) 3 and a half.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

14. Which toy company produces Monopoly?
(a) Hasbro.
(b) Wright.
(c) Ideal Toys.
(d) Ravensburger.

15. Who does Green identify as one of his very easygoing friends in his review of whispering?
(a) Alex.
(b) Amy.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Fred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Green travel to the Bonneville Salt Flats in 2018?

2. How many times does Green estimate he has signed his name in his review of Hiroyuki Doi's Circle Drawings?

3. What does Green find in the section on Googling strangers when he finally Googles a very sick child he met years earlier?

4. What did self-service grocery stores fuel the rise of?

5. Which cosmonaut was the first human to float freely in space, as Green describes in his wintry mix review?

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