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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many stars does Green give to the video game he reviews in Part IV?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 4 and a half.
(d) 2.

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

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

4. Who was once long beloved as the greatest eater of all time in the hot dog contest at Coney Island?
(a) Jennifer Jones.
(b) Wendell Holmes.
(c) Richard Hently.
(d) Takeru Kobayashi.

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

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

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

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

9. When did the famous Coney Island hot dog eating contest begin?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1980.

10. Who does Green write about often playing video games with as an adult?
(a) His brother.
(b) His son.
(c) His wife.
(d) His best friend.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where and when did the first Piggly Wiggly open?

2. Where is CNN headquartered?

3. Where did Green's grandfather work, as he writes in the first review of Part III?

4. What was the first version of Monopoly actually named?

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

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