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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. Which soccer player did the player whose performance Green reviews in this section mimic to bring his team the championship?

2. When were the Lascaux Cave Paintings first discovered?

3. How many stars does Green award to Staphylococcus aureus?

4. What group did Green first participate in on the internet when he first began using it in his review of the internet in this section?

5. When will Halley's Comet be five times closer to the Earth than it was in 1986?

Short Essay Questions

1. What difficulties did Green struggle with as an adolescent?

2. How does air-conditioning highlight matters of wealth and climate inequality?

3. What does Green credit the Academic Decathlon with in his life?

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

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

6. What misconceptions does Green say most people have about velociraptors?

7. What aspects of how humans treated the Lascaux Cave Paintings does Green find encouraging?

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

9. What did F. Scott Fitzgerald think of the reviews of his book The Great Gatsby?

10. What does Green think of the Hall of Presidents at Disney World?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does greed and avarice derail some potentially positive inventions and ideas in some of Green's essay topics throughout the collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Green use humor throughout this collection, and why do you think he inserts more lighthearted moments and commentary into his work here? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

In what ways and circumstances has Green felt isolated, and how does he choose to communicate these different feelings, circumstances, and experiences to the reader at different points throughout the collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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