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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bryson feels that Columbus has pieces of _______.
(a) Perfection.
(b) History.
(c) His childhood.
(d) Fantasy.

2. How did Bryson feel about Abe Lincoln's home when he was a boy?
(a) He didn't understand its importance.
(b) He was amazed by it.
(c) He never saw it.
(d) He found it boring.

3. What does Bryson observe most farmers are missing?
(a) A limb.
(b) A wife.
(c) A dog.
(d) Children.

4. Bryson thinks the people of Dullard are looking at him with "________eyes."
(a) Loving.
(b) Barbeque.
(c) Questioning.
(d) Accusitory.

5. After being the only white man in a restaurant in Alabama, Bryson feels _____ to get back on the highway.
(a) Nervous.
(b) Determined.
(c) Reluctant.
(d) Relieved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What isn't allowed inside of the national park at Smokey Mountain?

2. "Dullard" reminds Bryson of a movie in which the locals wait for what?

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

4. The road between Warm Springs to Macon isn't particularly ______.

5. In Bryson's opinion, what don't farmers feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the tourists in Warm Springs embody Bryson's dislikes?

2. Why is the south like a foreign country to Bryson?

3. Does Bryson have a conflicted relationship with North Carolina? What constitutes this relationship?

4. How does Bryson feel about signs and billboards?

5. What inspired Bryson's trip?

6. What is the greatest barrier Bryson faces in southern towns?

7. Do people ever get out of Des Moines, according to Bryson? Why or why not?

8. What is disappointing about the Mississippi to Bryson?

9. What was the effect of Bryson's "disturbed and erratic" childhood?

10. What do Bryson's expectations in revisiting his grandparents' home say about him?

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