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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the review on the Bonneville Salt Flats, who does Green say is his favorite person?
(a) His brother Hank.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife Sarah.
(d) His best friend Chris.

4. Who is Green's best friend, as he describes in the Indianapolis 500 review?
(a) Ben Henry.
(b) Chris Waters.
(c) Sarah Yurick.
(d) Amy Krouse.

5. Why did Green travel to the Bonneville Salt Flats in 2018?
(a) For a program Green's wife was producing.
(b) He had always wanted to see the salt flats.
(c) For a funeral.
(d) For a family wedding.

6. 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) Laika Romanov.
(d) Pieter Franov.

7. Who does Green assert actually created the original version of Monopoly?
(a) Elizabeth Magie.
(b) Clarence Darrow.
(c) John Rockefeller.
(d) Henry Ford.

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

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

10. Which pitcher does Green profile briefly in his review of the yips?
(a) Nolan Ryan.
(b) Rick Robe.
(c) Rick Ankiel.
(d) Armando Catillo.

11. What does Green write happened to the founder of Piggly Wiggly as he aged?
(a) He grew more suspicious.
(b) He grew more vitriolic and unpredictable.
(c) He mellowed.
(d) He grew more generous.

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

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

14. What does Green find in the section on Googling strangers when he finally Googles a very sick child he met years earlier?
(a) The child survived.
(b) He can not find the child online.
(c) He can only find the child's twin brother.
(d) The child died.

15. What does Green write is one of the terrible consequences of excruciating pain?
(a) Personality changes.
(b) Euphoria.
(c) Financial ruin.
(d) Isolation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stars in the movie Harvey?

2. In his review of Plague, what years were the worst for that disease in terms of recorded deaths, according to Green?

3. Who was once long beloved as the greatest eater of all time in the hot dog contest at Coney Island?

4. When did the famous Coney Island hot dog eating contest begin?

5. What does Green think about the amount of shared resources we devote to our lawn grass?

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