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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. Why are the waiters in the restaurant in Cooperstown eager for Bryson to leave?

2. How does Bryson feel about Wiscasset?

3. Why are the Melungeons shunned?

4. How much money would Bryson have spent at Colonial Williamsburg if he was with his family?

5. How did Bryson feel about New York as a teenager?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bryson imagine he should act in New York?

2. Why is Bryson relieved to be back in Iowa?

3. What has always been Bryson's reaction to inequality?

4. How does Bryson know how to socially categorize Hal and Lucia?

5. Why is Bryson concerned about Detroit?

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

7. What is the unspoken connection with travelers?

8. What did Bryson realize on a family trip when he witnessed a shooting?

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

10. Why does Bryson "believe" Littleton has been taken over by aliens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bryson is more drawn to small towns rather than big cities. Discuss Bryson's stance and opinion on development in America.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss why "The Lost Continent" is the title of this book.

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