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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Design Flaws, Room Service, Consuming Pleasures, The Numbers Game, Junk-Food Heaven, How to Have Fun at Home, Tales of the North Woods, The Cupholder Revolution, Number, Please and Friendly People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the twenty years since Bryson left the United States, by how much have car numbers, roads, and mileage increased?
(a) By 10%.
(b) By half.
(c) By two times.
(d) By 100%.

2. What does Bill say is a big improvement in America concerning business phone numbers?
(a) Business calls cannot be made into people's homes.
(b) They are preprogrammed on everyone's phone.
(c) They are only four-digits.
(d) The 1-800 numbers are easy to remember.

3. How does Bill feel when he goes to a barbershop?
(a) He can get caught up on his reading.
(b) Happy tot talk to someone with sense.
(c) Helpless and insecure.
(d) Like he is going to empty his wallet.

4. In "Design Flaws," what does Bill complain about, in regards to his computer?
(a) The CD player.
(b) The monitor.
(c) The keyboard.
(d) The hard drive.

5. Why does Bryson think the cupholder revolution is a bit strange?
(a) The car makers should make better cars and forget the cupholders.
(b) Some cars have way more cupholders than capacity for passengers.
(c) People shouldn't be drinking and driving.
(d) Americans are spoiled and want every little convenience.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bill phones the computer hotline to ask for help, what information do they ask him for first?

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

3. Bryson says that 94% of Americans' trips from home involve the use of something in particular. What is that item?

4. According to Bill, what product do Americans regard much differently than the British?

5. What does Bill say is a new shopping experience for him on his return to America?

(see the answer key)

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