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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bryson get around paying the entrance fee to Colonial Williamsburg?
(a) He walks in rather than taking the shuttle bus.
(b) He pretends to be a guide.
(c) He knows someone at the ticket office.
(d) He sneaks in.

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

3. What does Bryson compare the quietness of Mackinaw Island to?
(a) His favorite campsite.
(b) A dream.
(c) Death.
(d) A coma.

4. Why does Bryson tune in to a Canadian radio station?
(a) His friend is being interviewed.
(b) He wants to know the weather up there.
(c) They listen to better music.
(d) There is no useful information on American ones.

5. When the gas station attendant makes a phone call, what does Bryson do?
(a) Offers him a quarter.
(b) Sits and waits.
(c) Drives away quickly.
(d) Cuts the phone line.

6. Where does Bryson find "real New England"?
(a) Maine.
(b) Vemont.
(c) Boston.
(d) Cape Cod.

7. Why does Bryson dislike Cornelius Vanderbilt?
(a) He bought Bryson's family's home.
(b) He didn't like his writing.
(c) His arrogant displays of wealth.
(d) He was racist.

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

9. Bryson goes on a tangent comparing the American health care system to _______.
(a) Canada's.
(b) The Middle Age's.
(c) The future.
(d) Britain's.

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

11. Who are the Melungeons?
(a) Descendents of the settlers of Roanoke.
(b) A common name for local police.
(c) A family Bryson knew as a child.
(d) A group of religious extremists.

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

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

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

15. What does the apothecary shop in Colonial Williamsburg sell?
(a) Replica apothecary jars.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Educational DVDs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bryson sees a ______ dignitary in Washington D.C.

3. The trash and poverty makes Philadelphia feel like more of a ______ to Bryson.

4. Why is Bryson concerned about Detroit?

5. When the hotel owner in Littleton promises Bryson a good room, what is Bryson thinking?

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