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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. Why does Green like signing his name?
(a) His father told him it was smart to practice singing his name and that it would increase his own intelligence.
(b) He finds it relaxing.
(c) He likes to change the way he writes his signature.
(d) It reminds him of his childhood.

2. Where did Green's grandfather work, as he writes in the first review of Part III?
(a) Uniroyal.
(b) Harper Street.
(c) Piggy Wiggly.
(d) Haines.

3. Who said "Very little in history is inevitable," as Green cites this person in his review of Plague?
(a) Hellen Keller.
(b) Margaret Atwood.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Joseph Stalin.

4. Where had Green traveled just before becoming seriously ill in 2014, as he describes in Part IV?
(a) Canada.
(b) Mexico and Chicago.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Ethiopia and Orlando.

5. What did self-service grocery stores fuel the rise of?
(a) Book stores.
(b) Produce vendors.
(c) Milk companies.
(d) Processed foods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the song Auld Lang Syne?

2. How many stars does Green award to the Bonneville Salt Flats?

3. How many stars does Green award to wintry mix?

4. How many stars does Green award to Indianapolis?

5. What does Green write is one of the terrible consequences of excruciating pain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when an American contestant beat a long-reigning Japanese champion in the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog eating contest in 2007?

2. Why does the movie Harvey mean so much to Green?

3. Why did Green and his wife Sarah visit the Bonneville Salt Flats?

4. How did Green's boss at Booklist treat him when he had to take time off for mental illness issues?

5. Why does Green remember the exact circumstances under which someone whispered to him in early March of 2020?

6. What was the most terrible symptom of meningitis for Green?

7. What idea did Clarence Saunders have after losing his fortune following the creation of Piggly Wiggly that failed to take off?

8. Why can serious pain be isolating, in Green's opinion?

9. How does Green describe the "yips"?

10. What is one repetitive activity that Green has found gives him some peace when he is feeling stressed that he describes in Part IV?

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