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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 does Bryson's friend, James Horner, observe about American youth today?
(a) They want to be famous.
(b) They are intellectually younger.
(c) They dress funny.
(d) They don't care about the environment.

2. How much money would Bryson have spent at Colonial Williamsburg if he was with his family?
(a) $100.
(b) $75.
(c) $0.
(d) $15.

3. In Cooperstown, Bryson reminisces about his childhood at the ________ Hall of Fame.
(a) Baseball.
(b) Cartoon.
(c) Rock and Roll.
(d) Food.

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

5. Where do Bryson and his brother eat on their visit?
(a) Amish Country.
(b) A French restaurant.
(c) A bar.
(d) McDonalds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bryson remember about Delaware?

2. Who would Bryson terrorize in the park at Gettysburg?

3. How frequently does the waitress in Littleton refill Bryson's water glass?

4. What improves as Bryson drives through Vermont?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Bryson's mother patient?

2. Has Bryson had good or bad experiences with strippers? What prompted this thought?

3. Why is Bryson concerned about Detroit?

4. What is the unspoken connection with travelers?

5. Why are Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island more to Bryson's liking?

6. How does Bryson recognize long distance travelers?

7. Why is Bryson so afraid of New York?

8. Why doesn't Bryson mind bad service in restaurants?

9. In Bryson's opinion, how is poverty relative?

10. How does Bryson feel after visiting Gettysburg? Why?

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