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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through At a Loss, Old News, Rules for Living, Our Town, Word Play, Last Night on the Titanic, Property News, Life's Technicalities, An Address and Coming Home: Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bryson, what is the problem with getting older?
(a) Your hair goes gray.
(b) You cannot remember things.
(c) You get wrinkles.
(d) You cannot understand new technology.

2. In "Why Everyone is Worried," which federal agency is not doing a very good job, according to Bryson?
(a) Administration on Aging.
(b) The FBI.
(c) Homeland Security.
(d) The CIA.

3. What is Bryson's observations on the conveniences of life in America in the 1990s?
(a) They are the best improvement he came home to.
(b) They need to be banned.
(c) He wishes England had more conveniences.
(d) They are not necessarily better, but people think they are.

4. In "Room Service," what does Bill say the Motel Inn in California is famous for?
(a) Being owned by Zorro.
(b) Being built over buried treasure.
(c) Being used in a lot of movies.
(d) Being the first to use the word "motel."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do New Englanders call the tourists who come to New England in the fall?

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

3. What February holiday does Bryson say is new to him on his return to the United States?

4. Why does Bryson have an issue with the Internet?

5. What did Bryson's parents give him for Christmas when he was eight?

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