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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. Which poet does Green excerpt a poem from in his review on sunsets?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) E.E. Cummings.

2. How many stars does Green give Canada geese?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. Where did Green often visit during his childhood?
(a) Six Flags Adventure.
(b) Mount Washington.
(c) Disney World.
(d) Mount Rushmore.

4. What publication did Green write some of his earliest reviews for?
(a) Booklist.
(b) The Bookster.
(c) Napster.
(d) Publisher's Weekly.

5. What is one reason Green likes Halley's Comet?
(a) It is supposed to bring good luck.
(b) It was last visible to earth when he proposed to his wife.
(c) His great-grandfather discovered it.
(d) It is entirely predictable.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stars does Green give the teddy bear?

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

3. Why did Green spend so much time at the Hall of Presidents as a teenager?

4. What items did Green find particularly comforting to look over when he was being bullied at school as a child?

5. What movie's opening sequence does Green improbably say is one of the best film moments of all time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Green like Halley's Comet?

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

4. What aspects of how humans treated the Lascaux Cave Paintings does Green find encouraging?

5. How did Jerzy Dudek achieve his legendary goal-saving in a 2005 soccer match, according to Green?

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

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

8. What genre does Green say he thinks his reviews share a lot in common with?

9. What does Green think of Canada geese today?

10. What does Green say really happened in the incident with Teddy Roosevelt and the bear that he and his group were hunting?

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