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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Great Indoors, Death Watch, In Praise of Diners, Shopping Madness, The Fat of the Land, Your New Computer, How to Rent a Car, The Wasteland, The Flying Nightmare and Enough Already.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bryson like to do when he picks up his mail on winter mornings?
(a) Walk his dog.
(b) Test his tolerance for the cold.
(c) Take a thermos of hot tea with him.
(d) Give his snowblower a work out.

2. What does Bill say it would take over 31,000 years to do?
(a) Make the tax system fair.
(b) Pay off the national debt.
(c) Travel to Mars and back.
(d) Count a trillion dollars.

3. What does Bryson mean by the "wasteland"?
(a) News programming.
(b) The huge variety of television programs available.
(c) Commercials.
(d) Canadian comedy shows.

4. What does Bill say is ridiculous about a VCR?
(a) It has no remote.
(b) It is being replaced by a DVD player.
(c) It costs so much.
(d) It can record twelve months in advance.

5. What do the British celebrate on December 26th?
(a) Little Christmas.
(b) Epiphany.
(c) Boxing Day.
(d) St. Paul's Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Flying Nightmare," what job does Bryson say his father had?

2. What does Bryson comment on as being a strange development in the world of exercise?

3. What is Bryson astonished to find on his plane on a flight from Boston to Denver?

4. According to Bryson, what did people in the past do when they flew?

5. How did Bryson describe his first run on a snowmobile?

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