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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What improves as Bryson drives through Vermont?
(a) The food.
(b) The radio stations.
(c) The scenery.
(d) The smell.

2. What is Bryson's opinion of Gettysburg?
(a) It's out-dated.
(b) It's too touristy.
(c) It's not as fun as he remembers.
(d) It's not well maintained.

3. What prompted "Lost Continent"?
(a) The death of Bryson's father.
(b) A very good offer from a publisher.
(c) His distaste for the U.S.
(d) Bryson's boredom with other countries.

4. Bryson finds that most items advertised in the New York Times are _____.
(a) Expensive.
(b) Junk.
(c) Fake.
(d) Fancy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bryson observe inhabiting the most beautiful places in America?

2. Bryson feels that Columbus has pieces of _______.

3. Why doesn't Bryson mind bad service in restaurants?

4. Why does Bryson smile at everyone in Littleton?

5. As a child, what did Bryson always think about Pella?

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