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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was one of Green's roommates in 2003 who was glued to CNN while America Invaded Iraq?
(a) Hassan.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Ursula.

2. How does Green usually get to the Indianapolis 500?
(a) By train.
(b) By plane.
(c) By car.
(d) By bike.

3. What was America's first 24-hour news network?
(a) Fox.
(b) CNN.
(c) MSNBC.
(d) C-SPAN.

4. What does Green write happened to the founder of Piggly Wiggly as he aged?
(a) He grew more vitriolic and unpredictable.
(b) He grew more generous.
(c) He mellowed.
(d) He grew more suspicious.

5. Which poet does Green cite in his review on Harvey?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) William Butler Yeats.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many stars does Green award to wintry mix?

3. What serious illness did Green contract in 2014?

4. Which cosmonaut was the first human to float freely in space, as Green describes in his wintry mix review?

5. How many stars does Green award to Doi's drawings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Hassan, Green's roommate for a time in 2003, particularly interested in the news at that time?

2. What does Green write about what he calls "attempts to brightside human suffering" (213)?

3. What happened when an American contestant beat a long-reigning Japanese champion in the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog eating contest in 2007?

4. What was the most terrible symptom of meningitis for Green?

5. What idea did Clarence Saunders have after losing his fortune following the creation of Piggly Wiggly that failed to take off?

6. Why did Green and his wife Sarah visit the Bonneville Salt Flats?

7. Who does Green Google after encountering this person many years earlier, and why did he wait so long to check up on this person?

8. What does Green think is one of the most terrible similarities between the Plague and the novel coronavirus?

9. Why does Green have fond memories of going to the Indianapolis 500?

10. Why does the movie Harvey mean so much to Green?

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