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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ah, Summer!, A Day at the Seaside, On Losing a Son, Highway Diversions, Fall in New England, The Best American Holiday, Deck the Halls, Fun in the Snow, The Mysteries of Christmas, Life in a Cold Climate.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bill find strange about some U.S. commercials?
(a) They cannot show cigarettes.
(b) They can be 5 minutes long.
(c) They advertise personal hygiene products.
(d) They have laugh tracks.

2. How do 40,000 Americans die a year, according to Bryson?
(a) By gunshot wounds.
(b) By falling under trains.
(c) By contracting hepatitis.
(d) By accidents on construction sites.

3. In "The Risk Factor," what does Bryson say an American is twice as likely to do as a British person?
(a) Die accidentally.
(b) Die in childbirth.
(c) Die of cancer.
(d) Die is hospital.

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

5. What is one activity that Bill is happy to return to in America?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Paying taxes.
(c) Football.
(d) Shopping.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Consuming Pleasures," what does Bill say about shopping in America?

2. What does Bill Bryson like about his new home town?

3. What does Bill say is a strange feature of their car?

4. According to Bryson in "Why No One Walks," how far does the average American walk in a day?

5. What disappeared in the north woods of New Hampshire in 1996 and was never found?

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