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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 through 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As an adult, Bryson finds Mark Twain's boyhood home to be ______.
(a) Fancy.
(b) Boring.
(c) Fascinating.
(d) Dilapidated.

2. After visiting Cherokee and Gatlinburg, in Bryson's opinion, what do Americans think it is necessary to do to a place?
(a) Name it.
(b) Revive it.
(c) Make it ugly.
(d) Overly glorify it.

3. Why doesn't Bryson go to Faulkner's home?
(a) Because it was closed.
(b) Because he hates Faulkner's writing.
(c) Because he's never read a Faulkner book.
(d) Because the entrance fee is too much.

4. When a girl asks Bryson "kin I help yew," how does Bryson feel?
(a) Like he's in another country.
(b) Like he's falling in love.
(c) Like he's in danger.
(d) Embarrassed for her.

5. What does Bryson say he, like all midwesterners, love?
(a) Movies.
(b) Directions.
(c) Trees.
(d) Burgers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The road between Warm Springs to Macon isn't particularly ______.

2. According to Bryson's generalization, where will people from Des Moines work?

3. Why does Bryson rename the eerie town "Dullard"?

4. In Bryson's road-trip, what does he desire to find?

5. What isn't allowed inside of the national park at Smokey Mountain?

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