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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 through 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bryson wish this era would allow him to do to beggars?
(a) Enslave them.
(b) Take them home and care for them.
(c) Strike them with a stick.
(d) Teach them to steal.

2. As an adult, Bryson finds Mark Twain's boyhood home to be ______.
(a) Dilapidated.
(b) Boring.
(c) Fascinating.
(d) Fancy.

3. Where was Bryson's brother living recently?
(a) London.
(b) Des Moines.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) California.

4. What does Bryson remember about Delaware?
(a) Hardly anything.
(b) The people.
(c) The smell.
(d) How he lost his retainer there once.

5. What is the Mississippi police officer trying to ask Bryson in his thick accent?
(a) "How do you like Mississippi?"
(b) "Where are you from?"
(c) "Do you know where you're going?"
(d) "Where is the bus station?"

Short Answer Questions

1. Bryson says he "wouldn't hesitate to give an old person a shove, especially a _______."

2. What does Bryson observe has "eaten" Carbondale?

3. What annoys Bryson about all the signs in Beaufort?

4. What would Bryson need in order to bring a souvenir home from Bryson City?

5. What does Bryson first notice when crossing the line to North Carolina?

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