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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 through 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bryson says he "wouldn't hesitate to give an old person a shove, especially a _______."
(a) Woman.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Rude one.
(d) Southerner.

2. What is the Mississippi police officer trying to ask Bryson in his thick accent?
(a) "Where is the bus station?"
(b) "Do you know where you're going?"
(c) "Where are you from?"
(d) "How do you like Mississippi?"

3. Bryson feels that Columbus has pieces of _______.
(a) Fantasy.
(b) History.
(c) His childhood.
(d) Perfection.

4. Bryson thinks the people of Dullard are looking at him with "________eyes."
(a) Loving.
(b) Questioning.
(c) Barbeque.
(d) Accusitory.

5. The Dullard barmaid has "ready for sex written all over her face but better bring a _____ written all over her body."
(a) Hamburger.
(b) Bouquet of flowers.
(c) Paper bag.
(d) Fire extinguisher.

Short Answer Questions

1. After being the only white man in a restaurant in Alabama, Bryson feels _____ to get back on the highway.

2. "Dullard" reminds Bryson of a movie in which the locals wait for what?

3. People who pass through Des Moines are only stopping to get _____, according to Bryson.

4. As an adult, Bryson finds Mark Twain's boyhood home to be ______.

5. In Bryson's road-trip, what does he desire to find?

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