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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovered Staphylococcus?

2. Who began sending copies of The Great Gatsby to troops overseas in 1942?

3. What did a 2004 Cornell study find affected workplace productivity, as Green explains it in the section on air-conditioning?

4. Why was the Lascaux Cave closed to the public eventually?

5. What were the last words Maurice Sendak ever said in an interview?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Green like Halley's Comet?

2. What does Green say really happened in the incident with Teddy Roosevelt and the bear that he and his group were hunting?

3. Why does Green say he often consults his brother Hank when something is bothering him?

4. What does Green's brother Hank tell him about the coronavirus pandemic that unnerves Green?

5. What does Green say would have happened to him before about 1940 if he had gotten the same Staph infection he got some years ago?

6. What aspects of how humans treated the Lascaux Cave Paintings does Green find encouraging?

7. How did Jerzy Dudek achieve his legendary goal-saving in a 2005 soccer match, according to Green?

8. What connection does the song "You'll Never Walk Alone" have to Green's favorite sports team in Part I?

9. What are Green's main memories of Scratch 'n' Sniff stickers from his childhood?

10. What is one of the big mysteries around Halley's Comet, according to Green?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which topics does Green explore in which he details some of the most common and/or significant wide-scale misconceptions that persist in society today about the topics? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions .

Essay Topic 2

Green explores both positive and negative aspects of human nature and of humanity's influence on the planet. Would you describe this collection as mainly positive in tone, mainly negative in tone, or neutral in tone? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions .

Essay Topic 3

In what ways and circumstances has Green felt isolated, and how does he choose to communicate these different feelings, circumstances, and experiences to the reader at different points throughout the collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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