The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Bill Bryson
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Bill Bryson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. When Bryson enters Mississippi, he suddenly begins musing on the ________ of the region.
(a) Vibrance.
(b) Cultural variation.
(c) History.
(d) Race riots.

2. Why does Bryson stop in Bryson City?
(a) It's where his parents got married.
(b) It shares his name.
(c) He was named after it.
(d) His brother lives there.

3. Bryson decides he wants to travel after watching _________.
(a) A soccer game.
(b) A documentary.
(c) A dog fight.
(d) An old movie.

4. The road between Warm Springs to Macon isn't particularly ______.
(a) Straight.
(b) Scenic.
(c) Smooth.
(d) Safe.

5. Bryson declares that Tupelo is _______.
(a) Strange.
(b) Dull.
(c) Wonderful.
(d) Too small.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bryson feels that Columbus has pieces of _______.

2. In Bryson's opinion, what don't farmers feel?

3. What prompts Bryson to return to the land of his youth?

4. What thought comforts Bryson about the pushy seniors at the "Little White House"?

5. What does Bryson say he set out to Missouri with?

(see the answer key)

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