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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 American kitchen convenience does Bill think is just wonderful?
(a) The garbage disposal.
(b) The microwave.
(c) The blender.
(d) The dishwasher.

2. What does Bill find in the bottom of his refrigerator, a left over from his junk-food shopping with his wife?
(a) Breakfast pizza.
(b) Popsicles.
(c) Toaster tarts.
(d) Lettuce.

3. What does Bill find strange about some U.S. commercials?
(a) They have laugh tracks.
(b) They can be 5 minutes long.
(c) They advertise personal hygiene products.
(d) They cannot show cigarettes.

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

5. What does Bill say about the barber in his new hometown?
(a) He is fresh out of barber school and eager to try new things.
(b) He only seems to know hairstyles from the 1950's.
(c) He could talk the hind leg off a donkey.
(d) He reads more books than Bill does.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one activity that Bill is happy to return to in America?

2. What disappeared in the north woods of New Hampshire in 1996 and was never found?

3. Why does Bill feel going to a restaurant is a discouraging experience?

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

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

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