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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. What serious illness did Green contract in 2014?
(a) Framingham Disease.
(b) Viral Meningitis.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) A severe form of Influenza.

2. Which pitcher does Green profile briefly in his review of the yips?
(a) Armando Catillo.
(b) Rick Ankiel.
(c) Nolan Ryan.
(d) Rick Robe.

3. Where did Green first see Doi's ink drawings for the first time?
(a) At the Hirshorn Museum in 2017.
(b) At the Guggenheim Museum in 2019.
(c) At the American Fold Art Museum's show about obsessive drawing in 2006.
(d) At the Tate Modern Museum in 2010.

4. In the section on Auld Lang Syne, what does Green identify as one of the strangest and most beautiful moments in world history?
(a) The Christmas Truce of 1914.
(b) The Bowling Green Accords.
(c) The Easter Rising.
(d) The Armistice of 1921.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stars does Green give to the video game he reviews in Part IV?

2. Where had Green traveled just before becoming seriously ill in 2014, as he describes in Part IV?

3. What video game does Green have fond memories of playing often while he was a child?

4. What is one of the most disturbing aspects of the Plague years, according to Green?

5. Who launched CNN?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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 dislike Indianapolis when he first moved back there from the city?

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

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

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

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

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