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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20 through 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the effect Charleston has on Bryson?
(a) He feels like a kid again.
(b) He feels like he stepped into a Pepsi commercial.
(c) He feels like his father would be proud of him.
(d) He feels like he should give up and go home.

2. Why is Mackinac City closed down?
(a) There's been a crime.
(b) There's been an earthquake.
(c) They're bankrupt.
(d) It's winter.

3. Why doesn't Bryson visit Redwood National Park?
(a) It's too cold.
(b) It's been damaged in a fire.
(c) It's too crowded.
(d) He doesn't have time.

4. Bryson declares that Tupelo is _______.
(a) Strange.
(b) Dull.
(c) Too small.
(d) Wonderful.

5. Why doesn't Bryson go to the Biltmore Estate?
(a) He finds its beauty to be morally wrong.
(b) It is closed.
(c) He doesn't want to pay the expensive admission.
(d) He hates the Vanderbilt family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bryson stop in Holcomb, Kansas?

2. Why doesn't Bryson go to Faulkner's home?

3. After leaving the gas station, how does Bryson become lost?

4. Bryson and his siblings used to poke matches into apples or boiled eggs until they resembled a _______.

5. Why did the cleaning lady who died of cancer want to quit working for Bryson's family?

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