I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does Bryson find amazing about the geography of the United States? (from Why Everyone Is Worried, The Risk Factor, The War on Drugs, Dying Accents, Inefficiency Report, Why No One Walks, Wide-Open Spaces, Snoopers at Work, Lost at the Movies and Gardening with my Wife)

That the United States has no Arctic region.

That so much of the country is empty of people.

That it is smaller than Canada.

That there is very little variety.

2.

Who does Bryson say designed the snowmobile? (from Ah, Summer!, A Day at the Seaside, On Losing a Son, Highway Diversions, Fall in New England, The Best American Holiday, Deck the Halls, Fun in the Snow, The Mysteries of Christmas, Life in a Cold Climate)

Satan.

Thomas Edison.

Joseph Armand Bombardier.

His friend Danny Blanchflower.

3.

According to Bryson in "Why No One Walks," how far does the average American walk in a day? (from Why Everyone Is Worried, The Risk Factor, The War on Drugs, Dying Accents, Inefficiency Report, Why No One Walks, Wide-Open Spaces, Snoopers at Work, Lost at the Movies and Gardening with my Wife)

About two miles.

About half a mile.

About a mile.

About 350 yards.

4.

In "Wide-Open Spaces," according to Bryson, who was an idiot? (from Why Everyone Is Worried, The Risk Factor, The War on Drugs, Dying Accents, Inefficiency Report, Why No One Walks, Wide-Open Spaces, Snoopers at Work, Lost at the Movies and Gardening with my Wife)

Daniel Boone.

Samuel de Champlain.

Monty Hall.

Grover Cleveland.

5.

How many "new" consumer products does Bryson say are launched every year in the United States? (from The Great Indoors, Death Watch, In Praise of Diners, Shopping Madness, The Fat of the Land, Your New Computer, How to Rent a Car, The Wasteland, The Flying Nightmare and Enough Already)

2,000.

2 million.

250,000.

25,000.

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