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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, What, Me Worry?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which state did the U.S. use as a test site?
(a) Utah.
(b) Montana.
(c) South Dakota.
(d) Nevada.

2. Where was a bigger bomb dropped on March 1, 1954?
(a) Bikini atoll.
(b) Malaysia.
(c) Pacific Ocean.
(d) Utah.

3. Where did the Brysons spend a night in a cheap hotel?
(a) Bloomington.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Chicago.

4. Who led a movement in trying to identify the element in #95?
(a) Merv Griffen.
(b) Joseph McCarthy.
(c) George McGovern.
(d) Hubert Humphrey.

5. Who distributed fish tainted from the radioactive ash?
(a) U.S. Navy.
(b) New England seafood companies.
(c) Japanese fishermen.
(d) Malaysian shrimp boats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became the joy of every family in the 1950s?

2. What was Bryson's parents' response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

3. What were Bryson's three uncles called?

4. What nationality was the doctor who Bryson's parents took him to?

5. What was the repercussion of underground bomb tests?

(see the answer key)

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