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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why Everyone Is Worried, The Risk Factor, The War on Drugs, Dying Accents, Inefficiency Report, Why No One Walks, Wide-Open Spaces, Snoopers at Work, Lost at the Movies and Gardening with my Wife.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bryson, why are national parks and wilderness areas in the United States overcrowded?
(a) Because people are tired of the cities.
(b) Because too many people take their children.
(c) Because everyone brings their cars.
(d) Because they are inexpensive to visit.

2. In "Why Everyone is Worried," which federal agency is not doing a very good job, according to Bryson?
(a) Homeland Security.
(b) The CIA.
(c) Administration on Aging.
(d) The FBI.

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

4. What is Bill's wife's reaction to his new American haircut?
(a) She says he must have said something to upset the barber.
(b) She bursts into tears.
(c) She says she wants to send their sons there, too.
(d) She loves it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bill is amazed that thousands of Americans end up in the emergency rooms every year from using certain things. What are they?

2. In "Wide-Open Spaces," according to Bryson, who was an idiot?

3. In "Lost at the Movies," which Jurassic Park movie did Bryson take his children to see?

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

5. Why does Bill prefer the post offices in the U.S. to the ones in Britain?

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