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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. What does Bryson warn the graduating students of Kimball Union Academy not to do?
(a) What they want to do.
(b) Do something on principle alone.
(c) Study French.
(d) Retire to Florida.

2. What animal got trapped in the Bryson house soon after the family moved in?
(a) The neighbor's cat.
(b) A skunk.
(c) A rat.
(d) A squirrel.

3. Where does Mrs. Bryson like to go in the summer that Bill can definitely live without?
(a) To Connecticut.
(b) The mountains.
(c) Back home to England.
(d) The seaside.

4. How does Bill explain the popularity of motel chains in America?
(a) The chains are clean and efficient.
(b) People want the same thing wherever they go.
(c) Privately owned ones are expensive.
(d) Good marketing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bryson think is sad about how things are changing in modern Vermont?

2. In "On Losing a Son," why does Bryson decide to play baseball with his youngest child?

3. According to Bryson, what does the Travel Industry Association of America say about shopping?

4. In "Why Everyone is Worried," which federal agency is not doing a very good job, according to Bryson?

5. Which American business name mystifies Bryson?

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