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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. What does Bryson call the expression his wife wears when she is ready for serious gardening?
(a) Her Adidas expression.
(b) Her Gatorade expression.
(c) Her Pepsi expression.
(d) Her Nike expression.

2. What does Bryson think is sad about how things are changing in modern Vermont?
(a) More people now are born outside the state.
(b) There are too many Canadians there.
(c) Pollution is increasing.
(d) The weather is warming up.

3. In "Room Service," what does Bill say the Motel Inn in California is famous for?
(a) Being used in a lot of movies.
(b) Being the first to use the word "motel."
(c) Being owned by Zorro.
(d) Being built over buried treasure.

4. In "Wide-Open Spaces," according to Bryson, who was an idiot?
(a) Monty Hall.
(b) Grover Cleveland.
(c) Daniel Boone.
(d) Samuel de Champlain.

5. Bryson nostalgically describes the movie theater where he grew up. Where is his home town?
(a) Des Moines, Iowa.
(b) Montgomery, Alabama.
(c) Dearborn, Michigan.
(d) Richford, Vermont.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill say about the way people of the world eat?

2. What does Bill miss about television in Britain?

3. How does Bryson begin "Tales of the North Woods?"

4. Why doesn't Bryson like gardening with his wife?

5. How does Bill feel when he goes to a barbershop?

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