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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 cite in his review on Harvey?
(a) William Butler Yeats.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Langston Hughes.

2. Where did Green first see Doi's ink drawings for the first time?
(a) At the Hirshorn Museum in 2017.
(b) At the American Fold Art Museum's show about obsessive drawing in 2006.
(c) At the Guggenheim Museum in 2019.
(d) At the Tate Modern Museum in 2010.

3. Why did Green travel to the Bonneville Salt Flats in 2018?
(a) For a family wedding.
(b) For a program Green's wife was producing.
(c) For a funeral.
(d) He had always wanted to see the salt flats.

4. Why does Green think Auld Lang Syne is so popular in movies?
(a) It is a song everyone knows.
(b) It is in the public domain.
(c) It is a short song.
(d) It is a happy song.

5. Who launched CNN?
(a) Rupert Murdoch.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Richard Rodark.
(d) Ted Turner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Green find in the section on Googling strangers when he finally Googles a very sick child he met years earlier?

2. How many stars does Green award to whispering?

3. When did the famous Coney Island hot dog eating contest begin?

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

5. How many stars does Green award to Doi's drawings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Green have fond memories of going to the Indianapolis 500?

2. Why did Green dislike Indianapolis when he first moved back there from the city?

3. Who does Green Google after encountering this person many years earlier, and why did he wait so long to check up on this person?

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

5. How does Green describe the "yips"?

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

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

8. What does Green write about what he calls "attempts to brightside human suffering" (213)?

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

10. Why does Green think Super Mario Kart is a better game than Monopoly?

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