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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 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.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one activity that Bill is happy to return to in America?
(a) Football.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Paying taxes.

2. How does Bryson begin "Tales of the North Woods?"
(a) He talks about a college student who left a party and died in the woods.
(b) He talks about the town that disappeared, and no one has found it.
(c) He talks about shoveling snow.
(d) He talks about using a snowmobile.

3. What does Bill say about American sports teams that would never happen in Britain?
(a) The players are all polite.
(b) The players play for small salaries.
(c) The teams have cheerleaders.
(d) A team can move its franchise to a new city.

4. What does Bill tell the reader about crime in New Hampshire?
(a) There is no death penalty.
(b) Serious crime is on the increase.
(c) Petty crime is a problem in the rural areas.
(d) There were only four murders in the last reporting year.

5. In "The Numbers Game," what does Bill say is beyond the comprehension of everyone?
(a) How much money huge sums really represent.
(b) How the government manages to get anything done.
(c) Why government workers get so many holidays.
(d) How tax money is spent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Bryson say the government spends on fighting drugs?

2. Although the GDP is seen as a positive in economic terms, how does Bill say it can be negative?

3. How does Bill know so much about motels?

4. How does Bill feel when he goes to a barbershop?

5. What part of the house does Bill regard as delightful and pretty much the same in every American household?

(see the answer key)

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