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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. After living in Britain for twenty years, what does Bill find refreshingly different about the United States?
(a) The informality.
(b) The fashions.
(c) The government.
(d) The weather.

2. Why does Bryson think the cupholder revolution is a bit strange?
(a) The car makers should make better cars and forget the cupholders.
(b) Americans are spoiled and want every little convenience.
(c) People shouldn't be drinking and driving.
(d) Some cars have way more cupholders than capacity for passengers.

3. What does Bill say about his hair?
(a) He always covers it with a hat.
(b) He wants to color the gray.
(c) He is losing it quickly.
(d) He has "very happy" hair.

4. How does Bill know so much about motels?
(a) He is reading a book called "The Motel in America."
(b) He used to own one.
(c) He has stayed at thousands.
(d) He belongs to a motel club.

5. What does Bill end up doing with all the food he buys at the supermarket?
(a) He makes his kids eat it all.
(b) He eats his way through it and buys more.
(c) He eats his way through it and hates it.
(d) He throws half of it out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill say it would take over 31,000 years to do?

2. What does Bill say is a new shopping experience for him on his return to America?

3. What British sport does Bill find dull but restful?

4. Why doesn't Bryson like gardening with his wife?

5. According to Bryson, why did a store in Michigan win a case brought against them by a customer?

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