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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the town of Laconia, New Hampshire, have to do about its new sidewalks and benches in its town center?
(a) Refit them for use in a movie.
(b) Sanitize them.
(c) Remove them because no one was using them.
(d) Refit them for handicapped residents.

2. What house feature does Bryson miss from his childhood?
(a) The out house.
(b) The screened porch.
(c) The spare bedroom.
(d) The back shed.

3. What does Bill find to be a difficult adjustment for him when he returns to the U.S.?
(a) He finds it very noisy.
(b) He cannot find what he wants in the stores.
(c) He left as a young man and came back middle-aged.
(d) He has forgotten American English.

4. How was the first "drive-in" movie shown in New Jersey in the 1930's?
(a) In a deserted baseball park.
(b) In a tennis court.
(c) On Richard Hollingshead's garage door.
(d) On a school's outside wall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bryson say about the long trip and back to take his son to college?

2. Where do Bill and his wife go to celebrate their anniversary?

3. In "The Waste Generation," what does Bryson think is getting worse in the United States, compared to his youth?

4. Why is Bryson not impressed with the spell checker on his computer?

5. What does Bryson mean by the "wasteland"?

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