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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. Who discovered the Lascaux Cave Paintings?
(a) A soldier who was lost.
(b) A mother and her children out on a picnic.
(c) A team of anthropologists.
(d) Four teenagers and a dog.

2. Whose life and death coincided roughly with appearances of Halley's Comet?
(a) Mark Twain's.
(b) Teddy Roosevelt's.
(c) Winston Churchill's.
(d) Cleopatra's.

3. What is the first item or idea in this book that Green awards five stars to?
(a) Dogs.
(b) The internet.
(c) The Human Capacity for Wonder.
(d) Sunsets.

4. What did a college girlfriend of Green's once tell him her biggest fear was?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Failure.
(c) Geese.
(d) Death.

5. How many stars does Green give air-conditioning?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to the weather over the last 100 years or so, as Green mentions in his essay on Air-Conditioning?

2. Who began sending copies of The Great Gatsby to troops overseas in 1942?

3. Which famous soccer player's performance does Green review at the end of Part II?

4. Who is Green's brother that he often works with?

5. The lyrics from which song are etched in wrought iron at the gates of Anfield?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Green think of Canada geese today?

2. What habit did Green eventually replace smoking with that he feels is much less harmful?

3. How does air-conditioning highlight matters of wealth and climate inequality?

4. What does Green credit the Academic Decathlon with in his life?

5. What connection does the song "You'll Never Walk Alone" have to Green's favorite sports team in Part I?

6. Why does Green like Halley's Comet?

7. What difficulties did Green struggle with as an adolescent?

8. What is the paradox of air-conditioning, according to Green?

9. What are Green's main memories of Scratch 'n' Sniff stickers from his childhood?

10. In the Introduction, what does Green say this book started life as?

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