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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was another fear for people in the 1950s?
(a) Communism.
(b) Fuel emissions.
(c) E Coli bacteria.
(d) X-rays.

2. The hydrogen bomb could have ignited all the ____________ in the world.
(a) plutonium.
(b) oxygen.
(c) carbon dioxide.
(d) helium.

3. What was the name of the store where Bryson bought penny candy?
(a) Major's.
(b) Grund's.
(c) The Candy Shoppe.
(d) Sweet Sue's.

4. What did the Thunderbolt Kid do to the man who drank out of Bryson's glass at Toddle House?
(a) Sent bolts of electricity into his back.
(b) Pushed him off the stool.
(c) Tripped him and made him fall.
(d) Sent laster beams into his eyes.

5. Who was Bryson's sister?
(a) Marge.
(b) Angie.
(c) Betty.
(d) Tammy.

6. Who was a person Bryson got to meet on one of these trips with his father?
(a) Captain Kangaroo.
(b) Ed Sullivan.
(c) Lyndon Johnson.
(d) Willie Mays.

7. What did Bryson keep for years just for the sake of conversation?
(a) Trophies.
(b) Comic books.
(c) Ball cards.
(d) Knee scars.

8. What did Bryson's mother serve at every meal even though Bryson did not like it?
(a) Butter.
(b) Milk.
(c) Salad.
(d) Cottage cheese.

9. What did Bryson name the green jersey with the golden thunderbolt on the chest?
(a) Bryson's Bolt Brigade.
(b) Invisibility cloak.
(c) Sacred Jersey of Zap.
(d) Zip Zag Zap.

10. What was the main street of Bryson's hometown?
(a) Wayne Avenue.
(b) Main Street.
(c) Grand Avenue.
(d) Commerce Street.

11. Who was the Bryson family's dentist?
(a) Dr. D.K. Brewster.
(b) Dr. Brock.
(c) Dr. E.W. Miller.
(d) Dr. Cavanaugh.

12. America was at war with ____________ when Bryson was born.
(a) Iraq.
(b) Korea.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Germany.

13. Who did a huge belly flop off the diving board while on the outing?
(a) Bryson.
(b) Chuck.
(c) Mr. Milton.
(d) Milton Milton.

14. Who was the doctor who made a house call to tend to Bryson's head injury?
(a) Dr. Bigelow.
(b) Dr. Kerrigan.
(c) Dr. Morton.
(d) Dr. Alzheimer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did life in the 1950s make people feel?

2. What was the area set apart in the grocery where kids could read while their parents shopped?

3. Who was Bryson's brother?

4. What did Bryson and his buddies do the girlie magazine's he found in his father's closet?

5. What type of exercise did Bryson's father practice?

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