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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. Which American business name mystifies Bryson?
(a) Dunkin' Donuts.
(b) IHOP.
(c) Toys R Us.
(d) Burger King.

2. What do New Englanders call the tourists who come to New England in the fall?
(a) Tree huggers.
(b) Leaf peepers.
(c) Leaf lovers.
(d) Tree crazies.

3. After living in Britain for twenty years, what does Bill find refreshingly different about the United States?
(a) The weather.
(b) The informality.
(c) The fashions.
(d) The government.

4. What does Bill end up doing with all the food he buys at the supermarket?
(a) He throws half of it out.
(b) He eats his way through it and buys more.
(c) He eats his way through it and hates it.
(d) He makes his kids eat it all.

5. Why does Bryson have an issue with the Internet?
(a) People can glean personal information about others.
(b) It's expensive.
(c) It's making people anti-social.
(d) It's unreliable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Bryson tell her husband about Maggie that cheers him up?

3. What is Bryson astonished to find on his plane on a flight from Boston to Denver?

4. In "The Best American Holiday," what does Bryson say about his mother?

5. What is Bryson's usual answer to repairmen's questions?

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