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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, What, Me Worry?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1973.

2. What family attraction and vacation spot opened in 1955?
(a) Six Flags.
(b) SeaWorld.
(c) Universal Studios.
(d) Disneyland.

3. What nationality was the doctor who Bryson's parents took him to?
(a) German.
(b) Cuban.
(c) Irish.
(d) Italian.

4. In what city did Bryson's mother's relatives live?
(a) Omaha.
(b) Tucson.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Butte.

5. Where did the Brysons spend a night in a cheap hotel?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Bloomington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was a bigger bomb dropped on March 1, 1954?

2. What body part did Bryson break?

3. What was the repercussion of underground bomb tests?

4. What eroded the sense of security for people in the 1950s?

5. What was another fear for people in the 1950s?

(see the answer key)

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