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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 launched CNN?
(a) Ted Turner.
(b) Richard Rodark.
(c) Rupert Murdoch.
(d) Henry James.
2. What video game does Green have fond memories of playing often while he was a child?
(a) Leaves of Gold.
(b) Tetris.
(c) Super Mario Kart.
(d) Pac Man.
3. Who is Indianapolis's favorite literary son, according to Green?
(a) Kurt Vonnegut.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) C.S. Lewis.
(d) George Orwell.
4. How many stars does Green award to the movie Harvey?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.
5. How many stars does Green award to the Bonneville Salt Flats?
(a) 1 and a half.
(b) 4.
(c) 3 and a half.
(d) 2.
Short Answer Questions
1. What creature does Green find a nuisance in his garden?
2. In the section on Auld Lang Syne, what does Green identify as one of the strangest and most beautiful moments in world history?
3. What did self-service grocery stores fuel the rise of?
4. How many stars does Green award to the serious illness he suffered from and that he writes about in 2014?
5. Which poet does Green cite in his review of Plague?
Short Essay Questions
1. What idea did Clarence Saunders have after losing his fortune following the creation of Piggly Wiggly that failed to take off?
2. Why did Green dislike Indianapolis when he first moved back there from the city?
3. Why does Green have fond memories of going to the Indianapolis 500?
4. What happened when an American contestant beat a long-reigning Japanese champion in the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog eating contest in 2007?
5. Why does Green think the song "Auld Lang Syne" is popular in Hollywood?
6. What is one repetitive activity that Green has found gives him some peace when he is feeling stressed that he describes in Part IV?
7. Why can serious pain be isolating, in Green's opinion?
8. Why did Green and his wife Sarah visit the Bonneville Salt Flats?
9. Why does Green think Super Mario Kart is a better game than Monopoly?
10. What did the Piggly Wiggly almost entirely replace once the stores got up and running?
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