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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 class of drugs are usually used to treat Staphylococcus infections?
(a) Narcotics.
(b) Beta blockers.
(c) Anti-virals.
(d) Antibiotics.

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

3. How many stars does Green give to the Academic Decathlon?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4 and a half.
(d) 5.

4. What is one of Green's favorite drinks?
(a) Wine.
(b) Diet Dr. Pepper.
(c) Coke.
(d) Beer.

5. Where was the planetarium Green visited when he was 9 or 10?
(a) The Orlando Science Center.
(b) The Atlanta Science Center.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) The Chicago Science Center.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of Green's dog who he writes about in his review of sunsets?

3. When were the Lascaux Cave Paintings first discovered?

4. Who wrote the play Liliom that debuted in Budapest in 1909?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Green think of Canada geese today?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What particular aspect of human existence does Green associate sunsets with that he says is hard to admit and that scares him?

8. When Green first started using the internet as an adolescent, how did he feel about it?

9. What does Green think of the Hall of Presidents at Disney World?

10. What did F. Scott Fitzgerald think of the reviews of his book The Great Gatsby?

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