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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 do U.S. post offices do once a year that Bill likes a lot?
(a) Have a charity softball game.
(b) Give out door prizes.
(c) Give customers free stamps.
(d) Give customers free donuts, pastries, and coffee.

2. What surprising statistic does Bryson share about the number of lawyers in America?
(a) There is a shortage of them.
(b) There is 1 lawyer for every 1,000,000 people.
(c) There are more of them in the United States than the rest of the world put together.
(d) There is 1 lawyer for every 1,000 people.

3. What disappeared in the north woods of New Hampshire in 1996 and was never found?
(a) The Bryson's dog.
(b) A Lear jet.
(c) A helicopter.
(d) A van full of illegal aliens.

4. What does Bill say is a strange feature of their car?
(a) There is an indentation on the dashboard with no obvious use.
(b) It has no cup holders.
(c) It dispenses ice.
(d) The steering wheel is heated.

5. What New Hampshire town did the Bryson family settle in during 1995?
(a) Hanover.
(b) Manchester.
(c) Concord.
(d) Colebrook.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Bryson say the government spends on fighting drugs?

2. Where does Mrs. Bryson like to go in the summer that Bill can definitely live without?

3. Bryson finds summer blockbuster movies annoying, but what does he have a real problem with?

4. In "The Risk Factor," what does Bryson say an American is twice as likely to do as a British person?

5. How did Bryson describe his first run on a snowmobile?

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