I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Bill Bryson
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Bill Bryson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 176 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through At a Loss, Old News, Rules for Living, Our Town, Word Play, Last Night on the Titanic, Property News, Life's Technicalities, An Address and Coming Home: Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What product first reveals the popularity of toll-free hotline phone numbers to Bill?
(a) Dental floss.
(b) Toothpaste.
(c) Soda.
(d) Milk.

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

3. Why doesn't Bryson like gardening with his wife?
(a) She screams if she sees any insects.
(b) He has to do all the work.
(c) She expects him to garden for hours at a time.
(d) She is English and thus an expert gardener.

4. What movie is Bryson describing at the beginning of "The Wasteland"?
(a) Magnificent Obsession.
(b) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
(c) The Brady Bunch.
(d) Avatar.

5. How was the first "drive-in" movie shown in New Jersey in the 1930's?
(a) On a school's outside wall.
(b) In a tennis court.
(c) On Richard Hollingshead's garage door.
(d) In a deserted baseball park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Bryson tell her husband about Maggie that cheers him up?

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

3. In "Room Service," what does Bill say the Motel Inn in California is famous for?

4. What does Bryson think is sad about how things are changing in modern Vermont?

5. According to Bryson, why did the family decide to move to America?

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