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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 British sport does Bill find dull but restful?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Cricket.
(c) Polo.
(d) Rounders.

2. What does Bill say is a strange feature of their car?
(a) It has no cup holders.
(b) The steering wheel is heated.
(c) It dispenses ice.
(d) There is an indentation on the dashboard with no obvious use.

3. What word associated with Christmas does Bryson wonder about at the beginning of "The Mysteries of Christmas"?
(a) Noel.
(b) Yule.
(c) A-wassailing.
(d) Merry.

4. According to Bryson, what problem does he have with relating to New Englanders?
(a) They don't trust people who read books.
(b) They never watch television.
(c) They never want any "alone time."
(d) They love winter and winter sports.

5. What does Bryson fondly remember about highway travel when he was a boy?
(a) The scenery.
(b) The billboards.
(c) The rest stops.
(d) The lack of transport trucks.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bill, what is the outstanding quality of Americans?

2. Bryson says there are three types of stores. The first is where you cannot get anyone to help you, and the second is full of clerks who will not leave you alone. What does he say about the third type?

3. How was the first "drive-in" movie shown in New Jersey in the 1930's?

4. Where does Mrs. Bryson like to go in the summer that Bill can definitely live without?

5. What is Bryson's opinion about most American lawyers, according to "So Sue Me"?

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