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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hail to the Chief, Lost in Cyberland, Your Tax Form Explained, Book Tours, The Waste Generation, A Slight Inconvenience, At the Drive-In, Drowning in Red Tape, Life's Mysteries and So Sue Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What product first reveals the popularity of toll-free hotline phone numbers to Bill?
(a) Dental floss.
(b) Soda.
(c) Toothpaste.
(d) Milk.

2. What was the "Millennium Bug" about, in regards to computers?
(a) It was a new very tiny computer.
(b) No royalties would be paid to computer developers after that date.
(c) It was an extremely destructive virus.
(d) At midnight on January 1, 2000 all computers might shut down.

3. Bryson and his wife see their son off to a university. Where is the university?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Ohio.
(c) California.
(d) Canada.

4. In regards to his son's university education, what is Bryson so shocked about?
(a) That his son would live in a co-ed dorm.
(b) How easy it is to get in.
(c) The cost of it.
(d) How heavy the workload is for undergraduates.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children do the Brysons have?

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

3. What does Bill hate about flying now that he is back in the U.S.?

4. Why does Bill feel going to a restaurant is a discouraging experience?

5. What New Hampshire town did the Bryson family settle in during 1995?

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