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

2. What thought comforts Bryson about the pushy seniors at the "Little White House"?
(a) They won't enjoy the site.
(b) They'll get karmic payback.
(c) That soon they'll be dead.
(d) They don't know what they're doing.

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

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

5. When Bryson's stops to buy an Iowa post-card, what does he agree with the cashier about?
(a) It's unusually cold this winter.
(b) Iowa is amazing.
(c) Too many people drive SUVs.
(d) That the postcard is "purty."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bryson claim is good about Des Moines in comparison the rest of Iowa?

2. When Bryson enters Mississippi, he suddenly begins musing on the ________ of the region.

3. Bryson finds that most items advertised in the New York Times are _____.

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

5. What is the Mississippi police officer trying to ask Bryson in his thick accent?

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