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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. Where do Bill and his wife go to celebrate their anniversary?
(a) To a spa in Connecticut.
(b) To a ski resort in Quebec.
(c) To a fancy restaurant in Vermont.
(d) To an expensive inn in Massachusetts.

2. Why does Bill prefer the post offices in the U.S. to the ones in Britain?
(a) Each town has one.
(b) The U.S. postal charges are very low.
(c) The buildings are clean and new.
(d) The U.S. post offices only deal with mail.

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

4. What do U.S. post offices do once a year that Bill likes a lot?
(a) Give customers free stamps.
(b) Give out door prizes.
(c) Give customers free donuts, pastries, and coffee.
(d) Have a charity softball game.

5. What is Bill's wife's reaction to his new American haircut?
(a) She says she wants to send their sons there, too.
(b) She says he must have said something to upset the barber.
(c) She loves it.
(d) She bursts into tears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bill says the GDP is very hard to measure in modern times. What does GDP stand for?

2. What does Bill end up doing with all the food he buys at the supermarket?

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

4. What New Hampshire town did the Bryson family settle in during 1995?

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

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