I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who does Bryson say designed the snowmobile? (from Ah, Summer!, A Day at the Seaside, On Losing a Son, Highway Diversions, Fall in New England, The Best American Holiday, Deck the Halls, Fun in the Snow, The Mysteries of Christmas, Life in a Cold Climate)

Joseph Armand Bombardier.

His friend Danny Blanchflower.

Thomas Edison.

Satan.

2.

In "Wide-Open Spaces," according to Bryson, who was an idiot? (from Why Everyone Is Worried, The Risk Factor, The War on Drugs, Dying Accents, Inefficiency Report, Why No One Walks, Wide-Open Spaces, Snoopers at Work, Lost at the Movies and Gardening with my Wife)

Samuel de Champlain.

Monty Hall.

Grover Cleveland.

Daniel Boone.

3.

According to Bryson in his address to the Kimball Union Academy, what makes the students there special? (from At a Loss, Old News, Rules for Living, Our Town, Word Play, Last Night on the Titanic, Property News, Life's Technicalities, An Address and Coming Home: Part II)

They were born in the 1970s.

Their parents were from the greatest generation.

They were born in a technological age.

They managed to get born at all.

4.

What does Bryson say about New England in "Fall in New England"? (from Ah, Summer!, A Day at the Seaside, On Losing a Son, Highway Diversions, Fall in New England, The Best American Holiday, Deck the Halls, Fun in the Snow, The Mysteries of Christmas, Life in a Cold Climate)

He's glad the kids are back in school.

The weather is too cold.

There are too many bugs.

For a couple of weeks, the colors are amazing.

5.

Bryson nostalgically describes the movie theater where he grew up. Where is his home town? (from Why Everyone Is Worried, The Risk Factor, The War on Drugs, Dying Accents, Inefficiency Report, Why No One Walks, Wide-Open Spaces, Snoopers at Work, Lost at the Movies and Gardening with my Wife)

Des Moines, Iowa.

Richford, Vermont.

Montgomery, Alabama.

Dearborn, Michigan.

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