The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Test | Final Test - Easy

Bill Bryson
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Bryson have during the 1950s and 1960s?
(a) Delivery boy.
(b) Grocery bagger.
(c) Bus boy.
(d) Newspaper boy.

2. Where were the students supposed to go during the exercise in #107?
(a) Under their desks.
(b) The auditorium.
(c) The cloakroom.
(d) The basement.

3. Where did Bryson and his friends have fun most of the year?
(a) Go-kart park.
(b) Swimming pool.
(c) Movie theater.
(d) Horse track.

4. What killed the elm trees in Des Moines at the end of the 1950s?
(a) Fire.
(b) Tornadoes.
(c) Dutch elm disease.
(d) Locusts.

5. Which friend got Bryson into the strippers' tent?
(a) Jed.
(b) Milton Milton.
(c) Doug.
(d) Eddie.

6. What was Bryson's parents' response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) They knew they were going to die.
(b) They were cautiously optimistic.
(c) Everything would be fine.
(d) They built an air raid shelter.

7. Who was the transfer student who was drunk often at the age of 14?
(a) Jeff Andrews.
(b) Stephen Katz.
(c) Eugene Milford.
(d) Mike Pitsenbarger.

8. What was the one constant in the potluck suppers in town?
(a) Jell-O.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Meat loaf.
(d) Noodles.

9. What was the minimum age for admittance into the venue in #148 when Bryson was 13?
(a) 14.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

10. What time did Bryson have to get to work on Sundays?
(a) Noon.
(b) Before dawn.
(c) Mid-afternoon.
(d) Mid-morning.

11. Discoveries about his parents' successes made Bryson revise the story of _____________.
(a) his school days.
(b) his parentage.
(c) his achievements.
(d) their courtship.

12. What kind of tree grew in the backyard of Bryson's grandparents' farm?
(a) Evergreen.
(b) Maple.
(c) Oak.
(d) Elm.

13. What was the landscape like in the area where Bryson's grandparents lived?
(a) Mountainous.
(b) Hilly.
(c) Desert.
(d) Flat.

14. None of the rides at the amusement park in #145 had ____________.
(a) timers.
(b) music.
(c) seat belts.
(d) lights.

15. Who was the friend who introduced Bryson to the finer things in life?
(a) James Hall.
(b) Jared Clark.
(c) Jeremy Miller.
(d) Jed Mattes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Bryson's grandparents go nearly every night in the summer?

2. What weather condition was a threat to the area?

3. Bryson wrote about which relatives in Chapter 10?

4. What kind of car did Bryson's father buy?

5. In which town did the people in #121 live?

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