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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 "Design Flaws," what does Bill complain about, in regards to his computer?
(a) The hard drive.
(b) The CD player.
(c) The monitor.
(d) The keyboard.

2. What does Bill tell the reader about crime in New Hampshire?
(a) There is no death penalty.
(b) There were only four murders in the last reporting year.
(c) Serious crime is on the increase.
(d) Petty crime is a problem in the rural areas.

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

4. What does Bill Bryson like about his new home town?
(a) It has great shopping.
(b) It is a suburb.
(c) It has a great college.
(d) It is close to Boston.

5. How much does Bryson say the government spends on fighting drugs?
(a) $50 billion a year.
(b) $10 billion a year.
(c) $500 million a year.
(d) $1 billion dollars a year.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Junk-Food Heaven," according to Bill, what kind of food shopper is his wife?

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

3. According to Bill, what is the outstanding quality of Americans?

4. In the twenty years since Bryson left the United States, by how much have car numbers, roads, and mileage increased?

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

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