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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bryson leave Pine Mountain so quickly?
(a) It's too cold.
(b) There is massive racial segregation.
(c) He has bad allergies.
(d) It isn't like what the name implies.

2. As a child, what did Bryson always think about Pella?
(a) It was ficticious.
(b) That it was atypical.
(c) That it was unnecessary.
(d) It was for poor people.

3. What is the effect Charleston has on Bryson?
(a) He feels like he stepped into a Pepsi commercial.
(b) He feels like a kid again.
(c) He feels like his father would be proud of him.
(d) He feels like he should give up and go home.

4. While visiting Abe Lincoln's home-town, Bryson quickly becomes ______.
(a) Excited.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Nostalgic.
(d) Bored.

5. How did Bryson feel about Abe Lincoln's home when he was a boy?
(a) He found it boring.
(b) He was amazed by it.
(c) He didn't understand its importance.
(d) He never saw it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Bryson forced to eat in Carbondale?

2. The Dullard barmaid has "ready for sex written all over her face but better bring a _____ written all over her body."

3. In Oxford, what is the young woman trying to tell Bryson when she says "make the skyaya"?

4. What does Bryson say he set out to Missouri with?

5. Bryson declares that Tupelo is _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the effect of Bryson's "disturbed and erratic" childhood?

2. What is the most fun Bryson can have in Carbondale?

3. Why does Bryson draw ties to movies? How does this aid the narrative?

4. How is Tuskegee, AL a trip back in time for Bryson?

5. How does Bryson generalize towns from his youth?

6. What, in Bryson's opinion, is good about being from Des Moines?

7. How do the tourists in Warm Springs embody Bryson's dislikes?

8. What inspired Bryson's trip?

9. Why is the south like a foreign country to Bryson?

10. What effect does Bryson's visit to Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum have on him?

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