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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Age of Excitement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Brysons spend Christmas of 1960?
(a) New York.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) California.
(d) Florida.

2. Where did Bryson and his mother go every Friday?
(a) The library.
(b) The grocery.
(c) Dinner and a movie.
(d) To vist his grandma.

3. Why did Bryson hate going to the dentist?
(a) He had bad breath.
(b) He did not use Novocaine.
(c) He was too slow.
(d) He had a mean nurse.

4. Who was Bryson's brother?
(a) Don.
(b) Steve.
(c) Michael.
(d) Ricky.

5. Why did Bryson think that Sunday mornings were too long?
(a) He had to do his paper route.
(b) He waited for the TV programs to start.
(c) He wasn't allowed to sleep in.
(d) He had to go to church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bryson name the green jersey with the golden thunderbolt on the chest?

2. What were household buying more than one of in the 1950s?

3. Who liked to harass smaller children in town?

4. In what year was Bryson born?

5. What did Bryson's mother serve at every meal even though Bryson did not like it?

(see the answer key)

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