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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Newport, what homes does the tour visit?
(a) Modern, cutting-edge.
(b) Famous people's.
(c) The wealthiest in the country.
(d) Classic ones

2. Where do the Melungeons live?
(a) Britain.
(b) The Appalachian Mountains.
(c) Des Moines.
(d) New York.

3. Why does Bryson tune in to a Canadian radio station?
(a) His friend is being interviewed.
(b) There is no useful information on American ones.
(c) They listen to better music.
(d) He wants to know the weather up there.

4. How does Bryson get to New York?
(a) He bokes.
(b) He takes the bus.
(c) He rents a car.
(d) He flies.

5. Where does Bryson find "real New England"?
(a) Boston.
(b) Maine.
(c) Cape Cod.
(d) Vemont.

6. When Bryson was a child at Gettysburg, his father bought him a _________.
(a) Hat.
(b) Toy rifle.
(c) Flag.
(d) Book.

7. Bryson refers to Bloomsburg, where his brother lives, as the ______.
(a) Rustbelt.
(b) Last fronteir.
(c) Pinnacle of home.
(d) Worst place on earth.

8. What is Bryson's opinion of Gettysburg?
(a) It's not well maintained.
(b) It's out-dated.
(c) It's too touristy.
(d) It's not as fun as he remembers.

9. When the hotel owner in Littleton promises Bryson a good room, what is Bryson thinking?
(a) He's glad to have finally found an honest man.
(b) The man is going to kill him.
(c) He doubts it.
(d) That "good" is relative.

10. What does Bryson do while visiting Hal and Lucia?
(a) Visits other friends.
(b) Tells stories.
(c) Reads.
(d) Sightsees.

11. What does Bryson wish this era would allow him to do to beggars?
(a) Enslave them.
(b) Strike them with a stick.
(c) Take them home and care for them.
(d) Teach them to steal.

12. Why does Bryson believe aliens have taken over Littleton?
(a) Because he believes everything he hears.
(b) Because everyone is so nice.
(c) Because no one ever sleeps.
(d) Because the people never eat.

13. Bryson observes that the Eisenhower home is so well preserved it looked like Ike and Mamie _______.
(a) Didn't live in the house.
(b) Were very messy.
(c) Wandered off.
(d) Planned its exibition.

14. Bryson goes on a tangent comparing the American health care system to _______.
(a) The Middle Age's.
(b) Britain's.
(c) The future.
(d) Canada's.

15. What did Bryson intend to talk about when talking about health care?
(a) How uninteresting Wisconsin is.
(b) How he always hopes for the best.
(c) How he should have gone to medical school.
(d) How he misses Britain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bryson observes that the businesses in Cape Cod are all aimed at getting tourists to _____.

2. The trash and poverty makes Philadelphia feel like more of a ______ to Bryson.

3. What does the apothecary shop in Colonial Williamsburg sell?

4. Who owns and operates Mount Vernon?

5. Bryson sees a ______ dignitary in Washington D.C.

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