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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 223 - 274, "The Hotdogs of Baejarins Beztu Pylsur" to "Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many stars does Green give to his favorite band?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. Who said "Very little in history is inevitable," as Green cites this person in his review of Plague?
(a) Margaret Atwood.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Joseph Stalin.
(d) Hellen Keller.

3. In his review of Plague, what years were the worst for that disease in terms of recorded deaths, according to Green?
(a) 1347 - 1351.
(b) 1415 - 1417.
(c) 1425 - 1428.
(d) 1400 - 1403.

4. Where is the World's Largest Ball of Paint located?
(a) Rindell, Maine.
(b) Alexandria, Indiana.
(c) Marshall, Ohio.
(d) Framingham, Alabama.

5. What did Vince Lombardi famously say about winning in Green's section on the yips?
(a) Try again if you don't win the first time.
(b) Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
(c) Winning only means something to the winner.
(d) Win or lose, it's how you play.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the photograph Green reviews in his last review of the book?

2. What does Green say the teddy bear is a reminder of?

3. Who wrote the play Liliom that debuted in Budapest in 1909?

4. What does Green find in the section on Googling strangers when he finally Googles a very sick child he met years earlier?

5. What did the author of The Great Gatsby think of some of its earliest reviews?

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