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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What annoys Bryson about all the signs in Beaufort?

2. What does Bryson believe his grandparents would do while awaiting the family's arrival?

3. What thought comforts Bryson about the pushy seniors at the "Little White House"?

4. Why does Bryson stop in Bryson City?

5. Why does Bryson leave Pine Mountain so quickly?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Tuskegee, AL a trip back in time for Bryson?

2. What is the most fun Bryson can have in Carbondale?

3. Why does Bryson like Charleston, SC?

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

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

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

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

8. What is disappointing about the Mississippi to Bryson?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bryson frequently refers back to issues of money: either in that he is bitter against wealthy people, inconvenienced to pay entrance fees, or perturbed by the impoverished. Discuss Bryson's relationship with wealth and poverty.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss who Bryson's audience is: who is he writing for? What are subtleties in his writing that imply an aim at a certain audience? Who is he trying to appeal to and why?

Essay Topic 3

Bryson expressed his objective of returning to the land of his youth at the beginning of the book. Discuss Bryson's successes or failures in his objective.

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