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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Out and About.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the coldest part of Bryson's grandparents' house?
(a) The cellar.
(b) The sleeping porch.
(c) The attic.
(d) The kitchen.

2. In which town did the people in #121 live?
(a) Dubuque.
(b) Winfield.
(c) Omaha.
(d) Butte.

3. Who was the girl in Bryson's neighborhood that everyone wanted to see naked?
(a) Carolyn Westfall.
(b) Susie MacKenzie.
(c) Mary O'Leary.
(d) Cheryl Meyers.

4. In what ocean is the Eniwetok atoll located?
(a) Pacific.
(b) Arctic.
(c) Atlantic.
(d) Indian.

5. What eroded the sense of security for people in the 1950s?
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) Soviet long range missiles.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) Polio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bryson buy with the money from his job?

2. What did the Thunderbolt Kid do to the man who drank out of Bryson's glass at Toddle House?

3. Who led a movement in trying to identify the element in #95?

4. Who was a person Bryson got to meet on one of these trips with his father?

5. What did Bryson keep for years just for the sake of conversation?

(see the answer key)

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