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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. In "How to Have Fun at Home," why does Bill think having your groceries bagged for you is not so great?
(a) It doesn't buy him any quality time.
(b) It makes him feel lazy.
(c) He has to make conversation with the bagger.
(d) He has to tip the bagger.

2. Where do Bill and his wife go to celebrate their anniversary?
(a) To an expensive inn in Massachusetts.
(b) To a ski resort in Quebec.
(c) To a fancy restaurant in Vermont.
(d) To a spa in Connecticut.

3. When Bill phones the computer hotline to ask for help, what information do they ask him for first?
(a) His address.
(b) The computer's serial number.
(c) His Social Security number.
(d) His date of birth.

4. According to Bill, what is the outstanding quality of Americans?
(a) Their ambition.
(b) Their friendliness.
(c) Their sense of humor.
(d) Their business sense.

5. What New Hampshire town did the Bryson family settle in during 1995?
(a) Concord.
(b) Manchester.
(c) Colebrook.
(d) Hanover.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bill end up doing with all the food he buys at the supermarket?

3. Bryson says that 94% of Americans' trips from home involve the use of something in particular. What is that item?

4. How do 40,000 Americans die a year, according to Bryson?

5. In "The Risk Factor," what does Bryson say an American is twice as likely to do as a British person?

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