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

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

Bill Bryson
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20 through 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bryson finds the Custer Battlefield National Monument to be a "_______ surprise."
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Common.
(c) Failed.
(d) Disarming.

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

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

4. What pop-culture medium does Bryson claim paints southerners in a bad light?
(a) Movies.
(b) Fashion magazines.
(c) Music.
(d) Reality television.

5. What prompts Bryson to return to the land of his youth?
(a) He wants to find his old friends.
(b) His disturbed and erratic background.
(c) He lost his job.
(d) His loss of memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Cooperstown, Bryson reminisces about his childhood at the ________ Hall of Fame.

2. How much money would Bryson have spent at Colonial Williamsburg if he was with his family?

3. What part of Kentucky did Bryson pass through?

4. How does Bryson feel about New York as an adult?

5. While visiting Abe Lincoln's home-town, Bryson quickly becomes ______.

(see the answer key)

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