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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. What does Bill say is a big improvement in America concerning business phone numbers?
(a) The 1-800 numbers are easy to remember.
(b) Business calls cannot be made into people's homes.
(c) They are only four-digits.
(d) They are preprogrammed on everyone's phone.

2. What does Bill discuss at the beginning of his essay on design flaws?
(a) His son's running shoes.
(b) His daughter's jewelry.
(c) His son's jeans.
(d) His wife's clothing.

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

4. What does Bill miss about television in Britain?
(a) No commercials.
(b) Good news programs.
(c) A late night university program with free courses.
(d) A lot of good comedy shows.

5. Bill is amazed that thousands of Americans end up in the emergency rooms every year from using certain things. What are they?
(a) Common household items.
(b) Snow blowers.
(c) Cars.
(d) Guns.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Bill say that he has to remember about going into restaurants?

4. What does Bill tell the reader about crime in New Hampshire?

5. What does Bill find strange about some U.S. commercials?

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