The month of May, when the trees are finally green again, seems a good time to assess how green, in the currently fashionable meaning of the word, we are on Beacon Hill.

I didn’t want to do this on Earth Day since for many years I had a bad attitude toward that observance. I was provoked by celebrants who drove in from the suburbs, I guess, to attend a concert at the Hatch Shell. They clogged Charles Street with their cars, which seemed a bit contrary to Earth Day’s purpose. Thankfully, this year Earth Day was celebrated on the Esplanade with a cleanup of the Charles River.

Neither did I want to assess our green status a few weeks ago when we were asked to turn out lights to observe Earth “hour,” a move I thought was wrong-headed. The people who came up with this idea were admirably trying to save energy and symbolically show their support for the environment, but apparently they were unaware that lights have long stood for beauty and hope, as was evidenced by the outcry over turning off the Zakim bridge lights and the popularity during World War II of the song, “When the lights go on again, all over world.” Being green shouldn’t mean giving up hope and beauty. People sometimes have nutty ideas.

I’m not immune to a few nutty ideas myself. So I’ve devised a quiz you can take to determine how green you are. Here goes. The person with the highest score wins.

If you live on Beacon Hill, one of the most environmentally sound neighborhoods in the city due to the necessity of walking, give yourself 5 points.

If you have a car, take away 10 points.

If you use that car less than 10 times a month, give yourself 5 points.

If your household has more than one car anywhere in the U.S., take away 10 points for each car.

Some of you are already so far in the hole you’ll never climb out.

If you live in a row house—it’s hard not to do so if you live here—and share both side walls with other buildings, give yourself 5 points. There’s no heat loss there.

If you walk to work, you get 10 points.

If you bike to work—and follow the traffic laws—give yourself 10 points.

If you bike to work—and don’t follow the traffic laws—deduct 20 points. You’re probably going to run over a pedestrian or get yourself run over by a car, and a hospital stay doesn’t seem to be a very green thing to endure.

If you grow something green, anything green, in a box or a pot, add 2 points.

Deduct 10 points for every time in April your car was towed because you hadn’t moved it for street cleaning.

If you drink Boston tap water, which is tested for safety, rather than bottled water, which might or might not be tested, give yourself 5 points. Of course, it’s the bottle, not the lack of testing, that makes bottled water un-green.

If you’ve joined a community supported agriculture program, give yourself 20 points.

If you shop weekly at the farmer’s market on City Hall Plaza or in Copley Square, add 5 points.

Those of you who recycle everything and properly dispose of the little trash that’s left can give yourself 20 points. Thank you.

If you participated in clean up day on April 25, you get 20 points. A double thank you. The streets looked awfully good after that Saturday.

If most of the books you read are borrowed from the library, you’re entitled to 5 points.

If your home has more than 700 square feet per each person in the household, take away 10 points.

If you have a second home, take away 20 points. Two stoves and two refrigerators really suck up the juice.

If you have a third home, stop taking this quiz, because you’ll never be green.

I just took the test. My score was 17. Whoops.