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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 is one of the most disturbing aspects of the Plague years, according to Green?
(a) The way royalty turned its back on the public.
(b) The proliferation of religious services.
(c) The abandonment of the ill.
(d) The lack of medication.

2. Why did Green's roommate laugh at the Arabic graffiti in the background of a news report on CNN in 2003 that they watched together?
(a) The graffiti had a picture of a cat in the corner.
(b) The graffiti was in many different colors.
(c) The graffiti said, 'Happy birthday, sir, despite the circumstances.'
(d) The graffiti had a funny joke on it.

3. Who founded a huge grocery store chain, as Green details in the first review of Part III?
(a) Arthur Treacher.
(b) Howard Johnson.
(c) Roy Rogers.
(d) Clarence Saunders.

4. What does Green write happened to the founder of Piggly Wiggly as he aged?
(a) He mellowed.
(b) He grew more generous.
(c) He grew more vitriolic and unpredictable.
(d) He grew more suspicious.

5. What does Green says he does almost every day in the review on Googling strangers?
(a) Google strangers.
(b) Read to his children.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Donate to charities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Green traveled just before becoming seriously ill in 2014, as he describes in Part IV?

2. Who is Indianapolis's favorite literary son, according to Green?

3. Who does Green identify as one of his very easygoing friends in his review of whispering?

4. Who does Green assert actually created the original version of Monopoly?

5. How many stars does Green give to the video game he reviews in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Green think the song "Auld Lang Syne" is popular in Hollywood?

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

5. What did the Piggly Wiggly almost entirely replace once the stores got up and running?

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

7. How does Green describe the trajectory of a typical Monopoly game?

8. Why do you think Green tells the story about the cosmonaut Leonov in Part IV?

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

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

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