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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 is a new shopping experience for him on his return to America?
(a) Shopping insurance.
(b) Money-back guarantees.
(c) Personal service.
(d) Outlet malls.

2. What does Bill say is ridiculous about a VCR?
(a) It has no remote.
(b) It can record twelve months in advance.
(c) It costs so much.
(d) It is being replaced by a DVD player.

3. What do U.S. post offices do once a year that Bill likes a lot?
(a) Give customers free donuts, pastries, and coffee.
(b) Give out door prizes.
(c) Have a charity softball game.
(d) Give customers free stamps.

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

5. Bill says the GDP is very hard to measure in modern times. What does GDP stand for?
(a) Grand Domestic Product.
(b) Grand Divisible Principles.
(c) Gross Domestic Product.
(d) Gross Definitive Product.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill find strange about some U.S. commercials?

2. Why did Bill decide to write "Friendly People?"

3. What does Bill find in the bottom of his refrigerator, a left over from his junk-food shopping with his wife?

4. What does Bryson say that all New Englanders do?

5. What does Bill discuss at the beginning of his essay on design flaws?

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