The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Bill Bryson
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Bill Bryson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. In a small town, Bryson always finds a business or two named ______.
(a) Java Jim's.
(b) Vern's.
(c) Chubby's.
(d) Pete's.

2. Bryson and his siblings used to poke matches into apples or boiled eggs until they resembled a _______.
(a) Cactus.
(b) Porcupine.
(c) Chia Pet.
(d) Madusa statue.

3. Why has Bryson never seen the "Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum"?
(a) He never cared too.
(b) His father never let him.
(c) He was always afraid of it.
(d) His family never passed through the town.

4. Why does Bryson stop in Bryson City?
(a) He was named after it.
(b) It shares his name.
(c) His brother lives there.
(d) It's where his parents got married.

5. Bryson feels that Columbus has pieces of _______.
(a) Perfection.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) History.
(d) His childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. As an adult, Bryson finds Mark Twain's boyhood home to be ______.

2. Bryson thinks the people of Dullard are looking at him with "________eyes."

3. Bryson declares that Tupelo is _______.

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

5. Why doesn't Bryson go to the Biltmore Estate?

(see the answer key)

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