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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. What isn't allowed inside of the national park at Smokey Mountain?
(a) Food and drink.
(b) Tourist attractions.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cars.

2. What does Bryson say he set out to Missouri with?
(a) No money.
(b) A light heart.
(c) Great expectations.
(d) A bicycle.

3. Where are the senior citizens visiting the "Little White House" from?
(a) A retirement home.
(b) A hospital.
(c) Alabama.
(d) A Baptist church.

4. When a girl asks Bryson "kin I help yew," how does Bryson feel?
(a) Like he's in danger.
(b) Embarrassed for her.
(c) Like he's in another country.
(d) Like he's falling in love.

5. Why were Bryson's family vacations always so dingy?
(a) Because no one cared either way.
(b) Because the midwest is dingy.
(c) Because it made the trip more exciting.
(d) Because they were trying to save money.

Short Answer Questions

1. People who pass through Des Moines are only stopping to get _____, according to Bryson.

2. What part of Kentucky did Bryson pass through?

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

4. Why doesn't Bryson go to Faulkner's home?

5. As an adult, Bryson finds Mark Twain's boyhood home to be ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect does Bryson's visit to Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum have on him?

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

3. Does Bryson view his grandparents critically or endearingly? How does he portray them?

4. What, in Bryson's opinion, is good about being from Des Moines?

5. Why was Abe Lincoln's home more fun for Bryson and his generation that it is for the youth of today?

6. How does Auburn, AL prompt more of Bryson's criticisms of youth?

7. Why does Bryson name the town "Dullard"?

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

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

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

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