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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. Where and when did the first Piggly Wiggly open?
2. Who stars in the movie Harvey?
3. Who was Green's boss when he suffered a mental health crisis in the section on Harvey?
4. What does Green say his mother often told him when he was a kid in his review on Googling Strangers?
5. How many stars does Green award to Monopoly?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why can serious pain be isolating, in Green's opinion?
2. Why does Green think Super Mario Kart is a better game than Monopoly?
3. How did Green's boss at Booklist treat him when he had to take time off for mental illness issues?
4. Why does the movie Harvey mean so much to Green?
5. Why does Green remember the exact circumstances under which someone whispered to him in early March of 2020?
6. What was the most terrible symptom of meningitis for Green?
7. What does Green write about what he calls "attempts to brightside human suffering" (213)?
8. What was the original name of Elizabeth Magie's game that someone else essentially stole the idea for Monopoly from?
9. What is one drawback of traditional lawns that consist mostly of grass, and particularly of Kentucky Bluegrass, according to Green?
10. Why do you think Green tells the story about the cosmonaut Leonov in Part IV?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What connections does Green draw in his introduction between this essay collection of reviews and memoir? What do you think are the similarities and differences between reviews and memoir writing? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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