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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. How does Bryson feel about the Grand Canyon as an adult?
(a) He wishes he'd seen it more frequently as a child.
(b) He is just as amazed as when he was young.
(c) He feels he should have done what it inspired him to want to do.
(d) He finds it no less boring.

2. How does Bryson feel about Wiscasset?
(a) It's not worth the travel time.
(b) It's almost perfect.
(c) It's too crowded.
(d) It's not well known enough.

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

4. According to Bryson's generalization, where will people from Des Moines work?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) Ford.
(c) Firestone.
(d) The hospital.

5. In Bryson's road-trip, what does he desire to find?
(a) Inspiration.
(b) The perfect town.
(c) A better job.
(d) His family.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a girl asks Bryson "kin I help yew," how does Bryson feel?

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

3. Why did the cleaning lady who died of cancer want to quit working for Bryson's family?

4. Why does Bryson theorize Nebraska City would be the place of the "last stand" if the U.S. was invaded?

5. Bryson finds the Custer Battlefield National Monument to be a "_______ surprise."

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