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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. Why does Bryson think the cupholder revolution is a bit strange?
(a) Some cars have way more cupholders than capacity for passengers.
(b) People shouldn't be drinking and driving.
(c) The car makers should make better cars and forget the cupholders.
(d) Americans are spoiled and want every little convenience.

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

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

4. How does Bill know so much about motels?
(a) He belongs to a motel club.
(b) He has stayed at thousands.
(c) He used to own one.
(d) He is reading a book called "The Motel in America."

5. What does Bill say about his hair?
(a) He wants to color the gray.
(b) He always covers it with a hat.
(c) He is losing it quickly.
(d) He has "very happy" hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bill's wife's reaction to his new American haircut?

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

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

4. What does Bill say is a big improvement in America concerning business phone numbers?

5. When Bill phones the computer hotline to ask for help, what information do they ask him for first?

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