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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. In "On Losing a Son," why does Bryson decide to play baseball with his youngest child?
(a) He wants him to learn an American sport.
(b) He realizes the little boy is growing up.
(c) He thinks the boy has a chance to be professional.
(d) He is tired of working on his writing.

2. What disappeared in the north woods of New Hampshire in 1996 and was never found?
(a) A helicopter.
(b) A Lear jet.
(c) The Bryson's dog.
(d) A van full of illegal aliens.

3. Why does Bryson say he never ultimately drove the rental car he needed at the Boston airport?
(a) He would not buy insurance.
(b) He did not have a valid driver's license.
(c) He could not find it.
(d) A friend gave him a lift instead.

4. In regards to his son's university education, what is Bryson so shocked about?
(a) That his son would live in a co-ed dorm.
(b) The cost of it.
(c) How easy it is to get in.
(d) How heavy the workload is for undergraduates.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal got trapped in the Bryson house soon after the family moved in?

2. What is Bryson satirizing in "Your New Computer"?

3. What does Bryson say about New England in "Fall in New England"?

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

5. According to Bryson, what problem does he have with relating to New Englanders?

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