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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. Bryson finds summer blockbuster movies annoying, but what does he have a real problem with?
(a) The large cinema complexes.
(b) The cost of popcorn.
(c) The behavior of children at the movie.
(d) The cost of admission.

2. What does Bryson say the reason might be for being bewildered with modern television?
(a) His kids like to watch a lot of shows that are just junk.
(b) He cannot follow the plot lines of the cop shows.
(c) In the America of his youth, and in England, there were only 4 channels.
(d) His eyesight and hearing are failing.

3. In "The Waste Generation," what does Bryson think is getting worse in the United States, compared to his youth?
(a) Global warming.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Crime.
(d) Pollution.

4. What is Bryson astonished to find on his plane on a flight from Boston to Denver?
(a) A chimpanzee.
(b) An entire hockey team.
(c) An inflated dinghy.
(d) Am armed guard.

5. In "The Great Indoors," what does Bryson say people in America have developed a dislike of?
(a) Fresh air.
(b) Multi-grain bread.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Law and order.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Junk-Food Heaven," according to Bill, what kind of food shopper is his wife?

2. According to Bill, which offense do the British commit that he takes offense to?

3. What movie is Bryson describing at the beginning of "The Wasteland"?

4. What part of the house does Bill regard as delightful and pretty much the same in every American household?

5. What product first reveals the popularity of toll-free hotline phone numbers to Bill?

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