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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 about the barber in his new hometown?
(a) He only seems to know hairstyles from the 1950's.
(b) He could talk the hind leg off a donkey.
(c) He is fresh out of barber school and eager to try new things.
(d) He reads more books than Bill does.

2. What part of the house does Bill regard as delightful and pretty much the same in every American household?
(a) The laundry room.
(b) The family room.
(c) The basement.
(d) The attic.

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

4. What does Bill end up doing with all the food he buys at the supermarket?
(a) He makes his kids eat it all.
(b) He throws half of it out.
(c) He eats his way through it and buys more.
(d) He eats his way through it and hates it.

5. What does Bill say about his hair?
(a) He has "very happy" hair.
(b) He is losing it quickly.
(c) He always covers it with a hat.
(d) He wants to color the gray.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After living in Britain for twenty years, what does Bill find refreshingly different about the United States?

3. What does Bill say is a strange feature of their car?

4. In "The Numbers Game," what does Bill say is beyond the comprehension of everyone?

5. What does Bill say it would take over 31,000 years to do?

(see the answer key)

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