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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. While visiting Abe Lincoln's home-town, Bryson quickly becomes ______.
(a) Excited.
(b) Bored.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Nostalgic.

2. When Bryson's car begins to skid, what noise does he make?
(a) A baby crying.
(b) A rollercoaster.
(c) Tarzan missing the vine.
(d) A thunderstorm.

3. In Bryson's opinion, what explains the stupidity of students?
(a) Their teachers are too young.
(b) Their parents are absent.
(c) There are no decent bookshops.
(d) They do too many drugs.

4. What would Bryson need in order to bring a souvenir home from Bryson City?
(a) A crowbar.
(b) More gas.
(c) More money.
(d) A bigger trunk.

5. In Oxford, what is the young woman trying to tell Bryson when she says "make the skyaya"?
(a) "You shouldn't be here."
(b) "Make the skis."
(c) "It's cold out, wear a coat."
(d) "Circle the square."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bryson stop in Bryson City?

2. When Bryson enters Mississippi, he suddenly begins musing on the ________ of the region.

3. In Tupelo, which famous home does Bryson visit?

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

5. As a child, what did Bryson always think about Pella?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bryson generalize towns from his youth?

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

4. How does Bryson feel about signs and billboards?

5. Why does Bryson like Charleston, SC?

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

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

8. In Bryson's opinion, why do Farmers lose their limbs easily?

9. What inspired Bryson's trip?

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

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