View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Great Indoors, Death Watch, In Praise of Diners, Shopping Madness, The Fat of the Land, Your New Computer, How to Rent a Car, The Wasteland, The Flying Nightmare and Enough Already.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bryson like to do when he picks up his mail on winter mornings?
(a) Give his snowblower a work out.
(b) Take a thermos of hot tea with him.
(c) Test his tolerance for the cold.
(d) Walk his dog.

2. When Bryson takes his family to one of the last drive-ins in the area, what is the experience like?
(a) The kids hated it, the adults loved it.
(b) It was amazing.
(c) Not fun at all.
(d) The audio had improved greatly since the 1970s.

3. In "On Losing a Son," why does Bryson decide to play baseball with his youngest child?
(a) He is tired of working on his writing.
(b) He wants him to learn an American sport.
(c) He realizes the little boy is growing up.
(d) He thinks the boy has a chance to be professional.

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

5. How do 40,000 Americans die a year, according to Bryson?
(a) By accidents on construction sites.
(b) By falling under trains.
(c) By contracting hepatitis.
(d) By gunshot wounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal got trapped in the Bryson house soon after the family moved in?

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

3. As Bryson was writing, which American President was suing the government for loss of earnings?

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

5. According to Bryson, what did people in the past do when they flew?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 355 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample