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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Great Indoors, Death Watch, In Praise of Diners, Shopping Madness, The Fat of the Land, Your New Computer, How to Rent a Car, The Wasteland, The Flying Nightmare and Enough Already.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What New Hampshire town did the Bryson family settle in during 1995?
(a) Manchester.
(b) Colebrook.
(c) Concord.
(d) Hanover.

2. When Bill phones the computer hotline to ask for help, what information do they ask him for first?
(a) His address.
(b) His date of birth.
(c) His Social Security number.
(d) The computer's serial number.

3. Bryson says there are three types of stores. The first is where you cannot get anyone to help you, and the second is full of clerks who will not leave you alone. What does he say about the third type?
(a) The clerks spend all their time talking to each other.
(b) All the clerks have just started working there and do not know a thing.
(c) No matter what you ask about, they say it's in "aisle seven."
(d) When you ask about something, the clerk has to ask the manager, who is never around.

4. How many "new" consumer products does Bryson say are launched every year in the United States?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 2 million.

5. What animal got trapped in the Bryson house soon after the family moved in?
(a) The neighbor's cat.
(b) A skunk.
(c) A rat.
(d) A squirrel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill say about the barber in his new hometown?

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

3. Why does Bryson have to buy a whole new computer and fax system when he returns to the United States?

4. What mistake did Bill make that made him realize that he, along with many others, needs product guidance?

5. What does Bill say about American sports teams that would never happen in Britain?

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