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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tourists are crowding Cape Cod?
(a) Elderly couples.
(b) Columbus Day visitors.
(c) Celebrity watchers.
(d) Fourth of July visitors.

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

3. What does Bryson compare the quietness of Mackinaw Island to?
(a) His favorite campsite.
(b) A dream.
(c) A coma.
(d) Death.

4. What kind of people does Bryson think inhabit Stowe?
(a) Poor people.
(b) Eco-friendly people.
(c) Racist people.
(d) Rich people.

5. What does the apothecary shop in Colonial Williamsburg sell?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Replica apothecary jars.
(c) Educational DVDs.
(d) Medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bryson get to New York?

2. Why does Bryson believe women are good at operating Mount Vernon?

3. Why does Bryson smile at everyone in Littleton?

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

5. People are _____ when Bryson tells them of the dignitary he saw in D.C.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Bryson mind bad service in restaurants?

2. What revelation about poverty does Bryson have in Vermont?

3. In visiting Colonial Williamsburg, how does Bryson feel about tourism?

4. What has always been Bryson's reaction to inequality?

5. In Bryson's opinion, how is poverty relative?

6. Why are Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island more to Bryson's liking?

7. Does Bryson have an "authentic" New England experience?

8. How does Bryson feel after visiting Gettysburg? Why?

9. What is the unspoken connection with travelers?

10. Why is Bryson concerned about Detroit?

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