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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 169 - 222, "The Indianapolis 500" - "Wintry Mix").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the planetarium Green visited when he was 9 or 10?
(a) The Chicago Science Center.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) The Orlando Science Center.
(d) The Atlanta Science Center.

2. What creature does Green find a nuisance in his garden?
(a) Bird.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Weasel.
(d) Groundhog.

3. What is one of Green's favorite drinks?
(a) Beer.
(b) Coke.
(c) Diet Dr. Pepper.
(d) Wine.

4. What were some of the subjects of the Lascaux Cave Paintings?
(a) Animals.
(b) Celestial bodies.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Waterways.

5. Where did Green grow up?
(a) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Orlando, Florida.
(d) New York, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word did Green and his friends use to connote artificiality during his teenage years?

2. What has happened to the weather over the last 100 years or so, as Green mentions in his essay on Air-Conditioning?

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

4. Who wrote the book The Great Gatsby?

5. How does Green remember the smell of rain from his childhood?

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