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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. In the twenty years since Bryson left the United States, by how much have car numbers, roads, and mileage increased?
(a) By 10%.
(b) By two times.
(c) By 100%.
(d) By half.

2. Bryson says that 94% of Americans' trips from home involve the use of something in particular. What is that item?
(a) A car.
(b) A cell phone.
(c) A snack.
(d) A credit card.

3. What does Bill say is a strange feature of their car?
(a) It has no cup holders.
(b) There is an indentation on the dashboard with no obvious use.
(c) The steering wheel is heated.
(d) It dispenses ice.

4. What does Bill tell the reader about crime in New Hampshire?
(a) Serious crime is on the increase.
(b) There were only four murders in the last reporting year.
(c) Petty crime is a problem in the rural areas.
(d) There is no death penalty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill say it would take over 31,000 years to do?

2. In "Design Flaws," what does Bill complain about, in regards to his computer?

3. What trait does Bill admit that he has in regards to simple everyday activities?

4. Although the GDP is seen as a positive in economic terms, how does Bill say it can be negative?

5. What do U.S. post offices do once a year that Bill likes a lot?

(see the answer key)

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