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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. How long did Bryson stay in Kentucky?
(a) One night.
(b) Forty minutes.
(c) Two days.
(d) Five hours.

2. In contrast to Britain, Bryson finds that Iowa has ______ color.
(a) Frightening.
(b) A lack of.
(c) A bland.
(d) Hysterical.

3. Why does the Dullard barmaid compliment Bryson on his good English?
(a) Because she's flirting with him.
(b) Because she believes he's a foreigner from Britain.
(c) Because she can't speak English.
(d) Because he seems a little depressed.

4. Bryson is usually _______ by college towns.
(a) Frightened.
(b) Disgusted.
(c) Bored.
(d) Intrigued.

5. As a child, what did Bryson always think about Pella?
(a) That it was atypical.
(b) That it was unnecessary.
(c) It was for poor people.
(d) It was ficticious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Bryson go to Faulkner's home?

2. What part of Kentucky did Bryson pass through?

3. Bryson thinks the people of Dullard are looking at him with "________eyes."

4. What pop-culture medium does Bryson claim paints southerners in a bad light?

5. What does Bryson observe most farmers are missing?

(see the answer key)

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