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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 Bill say that he has to remember about going into restaurants?
(a) You need to show identification.
(b) He has to remove his baseball cap.
(c) To wait to be seated.
(d) They don't sell alcoholic drinks in the local eateries.

2. In "The Risk Factor," what does Bryson say an American is twice as likely to do as a British person?
(a) Die accidentally.
(b) Die is hospital.
(c) Die in childbirth.
(d) Die of cancer.

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

4. According to Bill, what product do Americans regard much differently than the British?
(a) Cars.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Pet food.
(d) Over-the-counter drugs.

5. What does Bill say it would take over 31,000 years to do?
(a) Travel to Mars and back.
(b) Pay off the national debt.
(c) Count a trillion dollars.
(d) Make the tax system fair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Bryson, why are national parks and wilderness areas in the United States overcrowded?

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

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

5. How does Bill explain the popularity of motel chains in America?

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