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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Down on the Farm.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the radioactive ash from the bomb fall?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Pearl Harbor.
(c) Nearby islands.
(d) Navy ships.

2. What did Bryson and his friends make a little neighborhood kid eat once as an experiment?
(a) Mud.
(b) Red berries in the backyard.
(c) Matches.
(d) Kitty litter.

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

4. What did Bryson and his buddies do the girlie magazine's he found in his father's closet?
(a) Tore out some pages.
(b) Highlighted certain images.
(c) Wrote balloon captions on them.
(d) Sold them.

5. Who liked to harass smaller children in town?
(a) The Knapke twins.
(b) The Miller brothers.
(c) The Butter boys.
(d) The Rogers boys.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the dog that harassed Bryson?

3. What did Bryson's parents tell him his mother was doing when he came upon them having sex one afternoon?

4. How many children under the age of 12 were living in the mid-1950s in America?

5. What was the repercussion of underground bomb tests?

(see the answer key)

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