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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 Mrs. Bryson tell her husband about Maggie that cheers him up?
(a) Maggie had to have her jaw wired shut for dental work.
(b) Maggie had made herself sick on vegetarian stew.
(c) Maggie dyed her hair, and it turned green.
(d) Maggie had moved to Boston.

2. In "A Slight Inconvenience," what does Bryson say about drive-through windows in restaurants?
(a) They are inefficient.
(b) They are unsanitary.
(c) That people will spend more time in line than if they went in.
(d) They save people a lot of time.

3. What does Bill hate about flying now that he is back in the U.S.?
(a) No meals are served.
(b) The price of tickets.
(c) The snacks are terrible.
(d) Having to show photo identification at the airport.

4. What does Bill say is a big improvement in America concerning business phone numbers?
(a) They are preprogrammed on everyone's phone.
(b) The 1-800 numbers are easy to remember.
(c) Business calls cannot be made into people's homes.
(d) They are only four-digits.

5. How does Bill know so much about motels?
(a) He belongs to a motel club.
(b) He used to own one.
(c) He is reading a book called "The Motel in America."
(d) He has stayed at thousands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bryson call the expression his wife wears when she is ready for serious gardening?

2. Which American tourist attraction does Bryson describe as a "Total Indoor Environment"?

3. In "Consuming Pleasures," what does Bill say about shopping in America?

4. In "Dying Accents," what is the name of the man who does carpentry around the Bryson house?

5. What is Bill's wife's reaction to his new American haircut?

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