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

2. What word associated with Christmas does Bryson wonder about at the beginning of "The Mysteries of Christmas"?
(a) Yule.
(b) Merry.
(c) Noel.
(d) A-wassailing.

3. In "The Risk Factor," what does Bryson say an American is twice as likely to do as a British person?
(a) Die accidentally.
(b) Die in childbirth.
(c) Die of cancer.
(d) Die is hospital.

4. Bryson nostalgically describes the movie theater where he grew up. Where is his home town?
(a) Richford, Vermont.
(b) Montgomery, Alabama.
(c) Dearborn, Michigan.
(d) Des Moines, Iowa.

5. What does Bryson say that all New Englanders do?
(a) Gamble.
(b) Get up early.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Talk a lot.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "How to Rent a Car," what does Bryson find especially frustrating about the process?

2. According to Bryson, why did a store in Michigan win a case brought against them by a customer?

3. In "Highway Diversions," how does Bryson like to pass the time when he is driving on the highway?

4. What product first reveals the popularity of toll-free hotline phone numbers to Bill?

5. According to Bryson, what is lacking in his New Hampshire town?

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