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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. What does Bill tell the reader about crime in New Hampshire?
(a) Serious crime is on the increase.
(b) There were only four murders in the last reporting year.
(c) Petty crime is a problem in the rural areas.
(d) There is no death penalty.

2. Bryson says that 94% of Americans' trips from home involve the use of something in particular. What is that item?
(a) A credit card.
(b) A cell phone.
(c) A car.
(d) A snack.

3. What does Bill say that he has to remember about going into restaurants?
(a) They don't sell alcoholic drinks in the local eateries.
(b) He has to remove his baseball cap.
(c) You need to show identification.
(d) To wait to be seated.

4. What trait does Bill admit that he has in regards to simple everyday activities?
(a) He never forgets anything.
(b) He is perfect at everything he does.
(c) He is clumsy.
(d) He is absentminded.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Numbers Game," what does Bill say is beyond the comprehension of everyone?

3. What is Bill's wife's reaction to his new American haircut?

4. What does Bill say about his hair?

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

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