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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. How many stars does Green award to the Bonneville Salt Flats?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1 and a half.
(d) 3 and a half.
2. Who was Green's boss when he suffered a mental health crisis in the section on Harvey?
(a) Richard Robards.
(b) Marlene Stacey.
(c) Bill Ott.
(d) Jennifer Jones.
3. Which poet does Green cite in his review on Harvey?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) William Butler Yeats.
(d) Lord Byron.
4. Who is Green's best friend, as he describes in the Indianapolis 500 review?
(a) Chris Waters.
(b) Amy Krouse.
(c) Ben Henry.
(d) Sarah Yurick.
5. What video game does Green have fond memories of playing often while he was a child?
(a) Tetris.
(b) Pac Man.
(c) Super Mario Kart.
(d) Leaves of Gold.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did the famous Coney Island hot dog eating contest begin?
2. In the section on Auld Lang Syne, what does Green identify as one of the strangest and most beautiful moments in world history?
3. Which pitcher does Green profile briefly in his review of the yips?
4. What does Green write happened to the founder of Piggly Wiggly as he aged?
5. How many stars does Green award to Kentucky Bluegrass?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is one repetitive activity that Green has found gives him some peace when he is feeling stressed that he describes in Part IV?
2. What was the most terrible symptom of meningitis for Green?
3. What does Green write about what he calls "attempts to brightside human suffering" (213)?
4. Who does Green Google after encountering this person many years earlier, and why did he wait so long to check up on this person?
5. What idea did Clarence Saunders have after losing his fortune following the creation of Piggly Wiggly that failed to take off?
6. How does Green describe the "yips"?
7. Why was Hassan, Green's roommate for a time in 2003, particularly interested in the news at that time?
8. Why did Green dislike Indianapolis when he first moved back there from the city?
9. Why did Green and his wife Sarah visit the Bonneville Salt Flats?
10. How did Green's boss at Booklist treat him when he had to take time off for mental illness issues?
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