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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brand of hot dogs is the Coney Island hot dog eating contest named after?
(a) Hatfield.
(b) Ballpark.
(c) Nathan's.
(d) Henry's.

2. What does Green say his mother often told him when he was a kid in his review on Googling Strangers?
(a) Everyone has a gift inside them.
(b) Soldier on.
(c) You will know what you want to do when the time is right.
(d) You can only love one person very well.

3. What plays a significant role in the outcome of the video game Green reviews in Part IV?
(a) The lighting in the room.
(b) Luck.
(c) The quality of the console.
(d) Whether or not someone has just eaten.

4. How many stars does Green award to Indianapolis?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2 and a half.

5. Why did Green's roommate laugh at the Arabic graffiti in the background of a news report on CNN in 2003 that they watched together?
(a) The graffiti had a funny joke on it.
(b) The graffiti was in many different colors.
(c) The graffiti had a picture of a cat in the corner.
(d) The graffiti said, 'Happy birthday, sir, despite the circumstances.'

6. Where does Indianapolis rank as far as size in the United States in Green's review of Indianapolis?
(a) 20th.
(b) 8th.
(c) 16th.
(d) 100th.

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

8. 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 only find the child's twin brother.
(c) The child died.
(d) He can not find the child online.

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

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

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

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

13. 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 suffering from a rare genetic disease.
(c) Meeting a child with a brain tumor.
(d) Meeting a child with bone cancer.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Green first see Doi's ink drawings for the first time?

2. What serious illness did Green contract in 2014?

3. Who was one of Green's roommates in 2003 who was glued to CNN while America Invaded Iraq?

4. Who wrote the song Auld Lang Syne?

5. Where was Green working when he had what he describes as a mental health crisis in the section on Harvey?

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