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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said "Very little in history is inevitable," as Green cites this person in his review of Plague?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) Joseph Stalin.
(c) Margaret Atwood.
(d) Hellen Keller.

2. What video game does Green have fond memories of playing often while he was a child?
(a) Leaves of Gold.
(b) Pac Man.
(c) Super Mario Kart.
(d) Tetris.

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

4. Where was Green working when he had what he describes as a mental health crisis in the section on Harvey?
(a) The Orlando Space Center.
(b) Booklist.
(c) Harley Magazine.
(d) Publisher's Weekly.

5. How many stars does Green award to the Bonneville Salt Flats?
(a) 4.
(b) 1 and a half.
(c) 2.
(d) 3 and a half.

6. How many stars does Green give to CNN?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

7. How many stars does Green award to Doi's drawings?
(a) 4.
(b) 2 and a half.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

8. Who stars in the movie Harvey?
(a) James Robards.
(b) Paul Newman.
(c) Jimmy Stewart.
(d) James Caan.

9. Which cosmonaut was the first human to float freely in space, as Green describes in his wintry mix review?
(a) Alexei Leonov.
(b) Jazclaw Dudzek.
(c) Pieter Franov.
(d) Laika Romanov.

10. How many stars does Green award to the serious illness he suffered from and that he writes about in 2014?
(a) 1 star.
(b) 2 and a half stars.
(c) 1 and a half stars.
(d) 2 stars.

11. 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 not enough.
(c) It is just right.
(d) He has never thought about this question.

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

13. Where had Green traveled just before becoming seriously ill in 2014, as he describes in Part IV?
(a) Canada.
(b) Mexico and Chicago.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Ethiopia and Orlando.

14. What story does Green share with the reader about his hospital chaplaincy in the section on Googling strangers?
(a) Meeting a child who was severely burned, and his parents.
(b) Meeting a child with bone cancer.
(c) Meeting a child suffering from a rare genetic disease.
(d) Meeting a child with a brain tumor.

15. Which poet does Green cite in his review on Harvey?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) William Butler Yeats.
(d) Langston Hughes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What other board game does playing Monopoly sometimes make Green think about?

3. How many stars does Green award to whispering?

4. What does Green write happened to the founder of Piggly Wiggly as he aged?

5. What plays a significant role in the outcome of the video game Green reviews in Part IV?

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