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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 through 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Bryson go to Faulkner's home?
(a) Because it was closed.
(b) Because he's never read a Faulkner book.
(c) Because he hates Faulkner's writing.
(d) Because the entrance fee is too much.

2. What does Bryson say he, like all midwesterners, love?
(a) Directions.
(b) Movies.
(c) Burgers.
(d) Trees.

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

4. What does Bryson observe most farmers are missing?
(a) Children.
(b) A dog.
(c) A wife.
(d) A limb.

5. Why does Bryson leave Pine Mountain so quickly?
(a) He has bad allergies.
(b) It isn't like what the name implies.
(c) It's too cold.
(d) There is massive racial segregation.

Short Answer Questions

1. After visiting Cherokee and Gatlinburg, in Bryson's opinion, what do Americans think it is necessary to do to a place?

2. Why does Bryson rename the eerie town "Dullard"?

3. What does Bryson tell the waitress he has just gotten out of prison for?

4. What isn't allowed inside of the national park at Smokey Mountain?

5. According to Bryson's generalization, who will people from Des Moines marry?

(see the answer key)

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