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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. After living in Britain for twenty years, what does Bill find refreshingly different about the United States?
(a) The weather.
(b) The government.
(c) The informality.
(d) The fashions.

2. According to Bryson, what problem does he have with relating to New Englanders?
(a) They don't trust people who read books.
(b) They never watch television.
(c) They never want any "alone time."
(d) They love winter and winter sports.

3. Bryson says there are three types of stores. The first is where you cannot get anyone to help you, and the second is full of clerks who will not leave you alone. What does he say about the third type?
(a) All the clerks have just started working there and do not know a thing.
(b) The clerks spend all their time talking to each other.
(c) No matter what you ask about, they say it's in "aisle seven."
(d) When you ask about something, the clerk has to ask the manager, who is never around.

4. What does Bill say is a strange feature of their car?
(a) There is an indentation on the dashboard with no obvious use.
(b) The steering wheel is heated.
(c) It dispenses ice.
(d) It has no cup holders.

5. In "Room Service," what does Bill say the Motel Inn in California is famous for?
(a) Being the first to use the word "motel."
(b) Being used in a lot of movies.
(c) Being owned by Zorro.
(d) Being built over buried treasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bryson, what is the result of the "abundance of choice" in America?

2. Why does Bryson think the cupholder revolution is a bit strange?

3. What house feature does Bryson miss from his childhood?

4. What is Bryson astonished to find on his plane on a flight from Boston to Denver?

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

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