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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the last words Maurice Sendak ever said in an interview?

2. How many stars does Green give to the Academic Decathlon?

3. Who is Green's brother that he often works with?

4. Who began sending copies of The Great Gatsby to troops overseas in 1942?

5. Where did Green grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What genre does Green say he thinks his reviews share a lot in common with?

2. In the Introduction, what does Green say this book started life as?

3. What are Green's main memories of Scratch 'n' Sniff stickers from his childhood?

4. Why does Green say he often consults his brother Hank when something is bothering him?

5. How did Jerzy Dudek achieve his legendary goal-saving in a 2005 soccer match, according to Green?

6. What does Green's brother Hank tell him about the coronavirus pandemic that unnerves Green?

7. What connection does the song "You'll Never Walk Alone" have to Green's favorite sports team in Part I?

8. What does Green think of Canada geese today?

9. What does Green say really happened in the incident with Teddy Roosevelt and the bear that he and his group were hunting?

10. What misconception about lemmings does Green discuss in the essay "Penguins of Madagascar"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Green explain his choice to choose F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby as a starting point to discuss the human capacity for wonder? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Green describe his motivation for writing this collection to the reader, and what form did his reviews originally take? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Green use the topic of the novel coronavirus that began to shut down society in America in early 2020 to explore certain topics throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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