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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) Concord.
(b) Colebrook.
(c) Manchester.
(d) Hanover.

2. In "Wide-Open Spaces," according to Bryson, who was an idiot?
(a) Monty Hall.
(b) Samuel de Champlain.
(c) Daniel Boone.
(d) Grover Cleveland.

3. According to Bryson, what makes up for the long New England winters?
(a) Playing board games with his kids.
(b) Going south for a month.
(c) The roaring fire in his study.
(d) They are stunningly pretty.

4. What did the town of Laconia, New Hampshire, have to do about its new sidewalks and benches in its town center?
(a) Sanitize them.
(b) Remove them because no one was using them.
(c) Refit them for handicapped residents.
(d) Refit them for use in a movie.

5. What does Bryson say about the long trip and back to take his son to college?
(a) Travelling on American highways is dull.
(b) It was quick.
(c) It was sad.
(d) Travelling by car is one of his favorite things.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Great Indoors," what does Bryson say people in America have developed a dislike of?

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

3. How is "Your Tax Form Explained" structured?

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

5. Bryson finds summer blockbuster movies annoying, but what does he have a real problem with?

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