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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 founded a huge grocery store chain, as Green details in the first review of Part III?
(a) Roy Rogers.
(b) Arthur Treacher.
(c) Howard Johnson.
(d) Clarence Saunders.

2. Where is CNN headquartered?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Altanta.
(c) New York.
(d) Washington D.C.

3. Who was Green's boss when he suffered a mental health crisis in the section on Harvey?
(a) Jennifer Jones.
(b) Bill Ott.
(c) Richard Robards.
(d) Marlene Stacey.

4. How many times does Green estimate he has signed his name in his review of Hiroyuki Doi's Circle Drawings?
(a) About 10,000.
(b) About 100,000.
(c) About 200,000.
(d) Over 500,000.

5. How many stars does Green give to CNN?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stars does Green award to the Indianapolis 500?

2. Which pitcher does Green profile briefly in his review of the yips?

3. Where did Green's grandfather work, as he writes in the first review of Part III?

4. How many stars does Green award to the movie Harvey?

5. Who does Green assert actually created the original version of Monopoly?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Green's boss at Booklist treat him when he had to take time off for mental illness issues?

3. What is one repetitive activity that Green has found gives him some peace when he is feeling stressed that he describes in Part IV?

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

5. Why does Green think the song "Auld Lang Syne" is popular in Hollywood?

6. Why can serious pain be isolating, in Green's opinion?

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

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

9. What did the Piggly Wiggly almost entirely replace once the stores got up and running?

10. Why does Green think Super Mario Kart is a better game than Monopoly?

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