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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What country are the Lascaux Cave Paintings in?
(a) France.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) United Kingdom.
(d) Germany.
2. Where was the planetarium Green visited when he was 9 or 10?
(a) The Orlando Science Center.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) The Chicago Science Center.
(d) The Atlanta Science Center.
3. What genre does Green draw connections with to reviews?
(a) Romance.
(b) Memoir.
(c) Horror.
(d) Fiction.
4. What has happened to the weather over the last 100 years or so, as Green mentions in his essay on Air-Conditioning?
(a) It has stayed the same.
(b) He does not mention the weather in this section.
(c) It has gotten hotter.
(d) It has gotten colder.
5. What country was the soccer player whose performance Green reviews in this section originally from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Poland.
(c) Spain.
(d) Ireland.
Short Answer Questions
1. About how long did it take Earth to go from single-celled to multicellular life?
2. What did the author of The Great Gatsby think of some of its earliest reviews?
3. What is the first item or idea in this book that Green awards five stars to?
4. Who took ownership of the site of the Lascaux Cave Paintings after WWII?
5. Who discovered the Lascaux Cave Paintings?
Short Essay Questions
1. What misconceptions does Green say most people have about velociraptors?
2. What does Green say would have happened to him before about 1940 if he had gotten the same Staph infection he got some years ago?
3. What difficulties did Green struggle with as an adolescent?
4. What is the paradox of air-conditioning, according to Green?
5. What connection does the song "You'll Never Walk Alone" have to Green's favorite sports team in Part I?
6. What aspects of how humans treated the Lascaux Cave Paintings does Green find encouraging?
7. What does Green think of the Hall of Presidents at Disney World?
8. What is one of the big mysteries around Halley's Comet, according to Green?
9. What are Green's main memories of Scratch 'n' Sniff stickers from his childhood?
10. What does Green credit the Academic Decathlon with in his life?
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