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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. Bill is amazed that thousands of Americans end up in the emergency rooms every year from using certain things. What are they?
(a) Cars.
(b) Snow blowers.
(c) Common household items.
(d) Guns.

2. What does Bill say about American sports teams that would never happen in Britain?
(a) The players are all polite.
(b) The teams have cheerleaders.
(c) A team can move its franchise to a new city.
(d) The players play for small salaries.

3. What does Bill like about having a college as part of he town he lives in?
(a) His kids can go there for free.
(b) It has snob appeal.
(c) It keeps the taxes down.
(d) He and his family can use their facilities.

4. What part of the house does Bill regard as delightful and pretty much the same in every American household?
(a) The basement.
(b) The attic.
(c) The laundry room.
(d) The family room.

5. In "The Numbers Game," what does Bill say is beyond the comprehension of everyone?
(a) How the government manages to get anything done.
(b) How much money huge sums really represent.
(c) How tax money is spent.
(d) Why government workers get so many holidays.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bill explain the popularity of motel chains in America?

2. What does Bill miss about television in Britain?

3. What does Bill say about the way people of the world eat?

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

5. What does Bill find in the bottom of his refrigerator, a left over from his junk-food shopping with his wife?

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