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

2. What does Bill like about having a college as part of he town he lives in?
(a) He and his family can use their facilities.
(b) His kids can go there for free.
(c) It has snob appeal.
(d) It keeps the taxes down.

3. What event in America is starting up as Bill begins writing his columns for his British audience?
(a) The Stanley Cup Play-Offs.
(b) A Presidential Election Campaign.
(c) The World Series.
(d) The Summer Olympics.

4. What does Bill say about his hair?
(a) He is losing it quickly.
(b) He has "very happy" hair.
(c) He wants to color the gray.
(d) He always covers it with a hat.

5. What trait does Bill admit that he has in regards to simple everyday activities?
(a) He never forgets anything.
(b) He is clumsy.
(c) He is perfect at everything he does.
(d) He is absentminded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill tell the reader about crime in New Hampshire?

2. Bill says the GDP is very hard to measure in modern times. What does GDP stand for?

3. How does Bill feel when he goes to a barbershop?

4. How many children do the Brysons have?

5. In "Design Flaws," what does Bill complain about, in regards to his computer?

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