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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through At a Loss, Old News, Rules for Living, Our Town, Word Play, Last Night on the Titanic, Property News, Life's Technicalities, An Address and Coming Home: Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Great Indoors," what does Bryson say people in America have developed a dislike of?
(a) Law and order.
(b) Fresh air.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Multi-grain bread.

2. What does Bill miss about television in Britain?
(a) Good news programs.
(b) A lot of good comedy shows.
(c) A late night university program with free courses.
(d) No commercials.

3. What does Bill find in the bottom of his refrigerator, a left over from his junk-food shopping with his wife?
(a) Popsicles.
(b) Toaster tarts.
(c) Breakfast pizza.
(d) Lettuce.

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

5. What does Bill hate about flying now that he is back in the U.S.?
(a) No meals are served.
(b) The price of tickets.
(c) The snacks are terrible.
(d) Having to show photo identification at the airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "At a Loss," Bryson pulls open his travel bag at the airport and spills everything everywhere. What point was he trying to make?

2. What does Bill say about the way people of the world eat?

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

4. What does Bryson say about computer energy consumption at the beginning of "The Waste Generation"?

5. In "Lost at the Movies," which Jurassic Park movie did Bryson take his children to see?

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