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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What improves as Bryson drives through Vermont?
(a) The smell.
(b) The food.
(c) The radio stations.
(d) The scenery.

2. Why does Bryson smile at everyone in Littleton?
(a) Because he's in a good mood.
(b) To stay on their good-side.
(c) Because it's polite.
(d) To scare them.

3. Why does Bryson joke that aliens have abducted everyone from Peacham?
(a) No one's around.
(b) The people are so strange.
(c) He heard a rumor.
(d) There are a lot of crop-circles.

4. Why does Bryson visit the Eisenhower home?
(a) He never saw it when he was younger.
(b) He feels guilty for not getting anything from his visit to Gettysburg.
(c) He has fond memories there.
(d) It's the only thing open in the area.

5. In Bryson's opinion, what explains the stupidity of students?
(a) There are no decent bookshops.
(b) Their teachers are too young.
(c) Their parents are absent.
(d) They do too many drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Newport, what homes does the tour visit?

2. Bryson observes that people have _____ Lake Erie.

3. Bryson refers to Bloomsburg, where his brother lives, as the ______.

4. What did Bryson intend to talk about when talking about health care?

5. The Herman Talmadge Memorial Bridge "_____" Bryson into South Carolina.

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