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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bryson joke that aliens have abducted everyone from Peacham?
(a) He heard a rumor.
(b) There are a lot of crop-circles.
(c) No one's around.
(d) The people are so strange.

2. Where was Bryson's brother living recently?
(a) London.
(b) California.
(c) Des Moines.
(d) Hawaii.

3. What happened to the settlers of Roanoke, VA?
(a) They were abducted.
(b) They went back North.
(c) They took over a neighboring town.
(d) They disappeared.

4. Bryson observes that people have _____ Lake Erie.
(a) Utilized.
(b) Revived.
(c) Exploited.
(d) Killed.

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

6. How frequently does the waitress in Littleton refill Bryson's water glass?
(a) Every half hour.
(b) Never.
(c) Every time Bryson makes eye-contact.
(d) Every time he takes a sip.

7. What tourists are crowding Cape Cod?
(a) Fourth of July visitors.
(b) Elderly couples.
(c) Celebrity watchers.
(d) Columbus Day visitors.

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

9. Bryson observes that the businesses in Cape Cod are all aimed at getting tourists to _____.
(a) Stay longer.
(b) Leave.
(c) Buy property.
(d) Spend money.

10. After leaving the gas station, how does Bryson become lost?
(a) The roads were blocked off.
(b) He can't understand directions.
(c) He fell asleep at the wheel.
(d) He takes a "shortcut."

11. Who does Bryson believe the gas station attendant is calling?
(a) His mother.
(b) The press.
(c) The police.
(d) Information.

12. There are a large number of ______ buried in the Peacham cemetery.
(a) Children.
(b) Celebrities.
(c) Animals.
(d) Elderly.

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

14. Why did Bryson's father choose to walk through the park at Gettysburg?
(a) It was free of charge.
(b) He didn't care about the rest of Gettysburg.
(c) It was peaceful.
(d) He had fond memories of it.

15. What does Bryson wish this era would allow him to do to beggars?
(a) Teach them to steal.
(b) Take them home and care for them.
(c) Enslave them.
(d) Strike them with a stick.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bryson eats all his food in Cape Cod with _____.

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

4. Bryson skips the tour in Newport and looks at the homes from _____.

5. Why does Bryson consider going back to Connecticut?

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