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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 was the most serious symptom Green describes from his serious illness in Part IV?
(a) A terrible headache.
(b) Nausea.
(c) Muscle pains.
(d) Bone pain.

2. Where and when did the first Piggly Wiggly open?
(a) Philadelphia, 1956.
(b) Atlanta, 1932.
(c) Chicago, 1925.
(d) Memphis, 1916.

3. What does Green find in the section on Googling strangers when he finally Googles a very sick child he met years earlier?
(a) The child died.
(b) The child survived.
(c) He can only find the child's twin brother.
(d) He can not find the child online.

4. In the section on Auld Lang Syne, what does Green identify as one of the strangest and most beautiful moments in world history?
(a) The Armistice of 1921.
(b) The Bowling Green Accords.
(c) The Christmas Truce of 1914.
(d) The Easter Rising.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Green usually get to the Indianapolis 500?

2. What kind of stores did the Piggly Wiggly push out of business?

3. Where does Indianapolis rank as far as size in the United States in Green's review of Indianapolis?

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

5. What did Coney Island used to be the capital of, according to Green?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Green think is one of the most terrible similarities between the Plague and the novel coronavirus?

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

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

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

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

8. What is one significant problem with CNN, according to Green?

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

10. What is one drawback of traditional lawns that consist mostly of grass, and particularly of Kentucky Bluegrass, according to Green?

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