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

2. What does Bryson find amazing about the geography of the United States?
(a) That it is smaller than Canada.
(b) That there is very little variety.
(c) That so much of the country is empty of people.
(d) That the United States has no Arctic region.

3. Why does Bryson think the cupholder revolution is a bit strange?
(a) Americans are spoiled and want every little convenience.
(b) The car makers should make better cars and forget the cupholders.
(c) Some cars have way more cupholders than capacity for passengers.
(d) People shouldn't be drinking and driving.

4. Why does Bill feel going to a restaurant is a discouraging experience?
(a) He hates the high prices.
(b) He's a vegan.
(c) He manages to antagonize the waitress.
(d) He's a picky eater.

5. What does Bryson say about American gardens?
(a) They are mostly weeds.
(b) They are mostly lawn.
(c) They are mostly roses.
(d) They are mostly bushes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill say that he has to remember about going into restaurants?

2. What does Bill find to be a difficult adjustment for him when he returns to the U.S.?

3. What does Bill say about the way people of the world eat?

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

5. According to Bill, what product do Americans regard much differently than the British?

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