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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. How does Bryson know about the skis and tennis rackets in Hal and Lucia's closet?
(a) He bought them for them.
(b) He looked.
(c) They showed him.
(d) He just assumes.

2. When Bryson enters Mississippi, he suddenly begins musing on the ________ of the region.
(a) Race riots.
(b) History.
(c) Cultural variation.
(d) Vibrance.

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

4. Where do the Melungeons live?
(a) Des Moines.
(b) Britain.
(c) New York.
(d) The Appalachian Mountains.

5. What does Bryson observe has "eaten" Carbondale?
(a) Factories.
(b) Shopping malls.
(c) A monster.
(d) Vacationers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Bryson and his brother eat on their visit?

2. What does Bryson realize he won't find in Maine?

3. Bryson states that people who pass through Des Moines and stay for years are confused, but _____ in their decision.

4. Bryson thinks the houses in Maine are _____.

5. Why are the waiters in the restaurant in Cooperstown eager for Bryson to leave?

(see the answer key)

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