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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Design Flaws, Room Service, Consuming Pleasures, The Numbers Game, Junk-Food Heaven, How to Have Fun at Home, Tales of the North Woods, The Cupholder Revolution, Number, Please and Friendly People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Numbers Game," what does Bill say is beyond the comprehension of everyone?
(a) Why government workers get so many holidays.
(b) How tax money is spent.
(c) How much money huge sums really represent.
(d) How the government manages to get anything done.

2. In "Junk-Food Heaven," according to Bill, what kind of food shopper is his wife?
(a) She buys healthy and nutritious food.
(b) She hates shopping; he does it all.
(c) She buys a lot of junk food.
(d) She loves to cut out and use coupons.

3. What is one activity that Bill is happy to return to in America?
(a) Paying taxes.
(b) Football.
(c) Shopping.
(d) Baseball.

4. Bill says the GDP is very hard to measure in modern times. What does GDP stand for?
(a) Grand Domestic Product.
(b) Grand Divisible Principles.
(c) Gross Definitive Product.
(d) Gross Domestic Product.

5. According to Bill, what is the outstanding quality of Americans?
(a) Their friendliness.
(b) Their business sense.
(c) Their sense of humor.
(d) Their ambition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill say about his hair?

2. Why does Bill feel going to a restaurant is a discouraging experience?

3. How does Bryson begin "Tales of the North Woods?"

4. What does Bill say that he has to remember about going into restaurants?

5. What does Bill say it would take over 31,000 years to do?

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