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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. How many children do the Brysons have?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

2. Bryson finds summer blockbuster movies annoying, but what does he have a real problem with?
(a) The large cinema complexes.
(b) The cost of admission.
(c) The cost of popcorn.
(d) The behavior of children at the movie.

3. According to Bill, which offense do the British commit that he takes offense to?
(a) Sloppy parking.
(b) Charging to use public bathrooms.
(c) Being rude.
(d) Not lining up for service.

4. What does Bryson say that all New Englanders do?
(a) Get up early.
(b) Talk a lot.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Gamble.

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

2. In "Design Flaws," what does Bill complain about, in regards to his computer?

3. What particular product in American supermarkets fascinates Bill?

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

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

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