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Question
Give a few instances of Bryson’s confused acts.
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Solution
He would end up standing in an alley on the wrong side of a self-locking door trying to locate a restroom in a cinema theatre. He would often go to the hotel desk, at least two to three times a day asking what was his room number. The author had a serious problem of orientation in any new place:
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