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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of stores did the Piggly Wiggly push out of business?
(a) Iron mines.
(b) Big-box retailers.
(c) Shoe stores.
(d) Small general stores.

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

4. What did Vince Lombardi famously say about winning in Green's section on the yips?
(a) Win or lose, it's how you play.
(b) Try again if you don't win the first time.
(c) Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
(d) Winning only means something to the winner.

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

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

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

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

9. Where is CNN headquartered?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Altanta.
(c) New York.
(d) Washington D.C.

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

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

12. What was the first version of Monopoly actually named?
(a) The Boardwalk.
(b) The Screecher.
(c) The Landlord's Game.
(d) The Fire.

13. Why does Green like signing his name?
(a) It reminds him of his childhood.
(b) He likes to change the way he writes his signature.
(c) He finds it relaxing.
(d) His father told him it was smart to practice singing his name and that it would increase his own intelligence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Indianapolis's favorite literary son, according to Green?

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

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

4. Who wrote the song Auld Lang Syne?

5. How does Green try to solve his problem with the creature eating his garden?

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