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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. What precaution did kids in the 1950s not have to take?
(a) Wore seat belts in the car.
(b) Had cell phones and pagers.
(c) They did not have to come inside when it got dark.
(d) Cupboards were not baby-proofed.

2. Why did Bryson think he would never get to visit the location in #55?
(a) His mother said the rides were not safe.
(b) It was too far away.
(c) His father was cheap.
(d) He was too old.

3. In what state did the military begin testing atomic bombs?
(a) Utah.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Montana.
(d) Nevada.

4. How did life in the 1950s make people feel?
(a) Danger lurked around every corner.
(b) Everything was good.
(c) They were scared of another war.
(d) They lived as if there were no tomorrow.

5. What was the repercussion of underground bomb tests?
(a) Huge craters.
(b) Destroyed phone lines.
(c) Sunken mines.
(d) Earthquakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. At whose house was Bryson playing when he broke the body part in #133?

2. Who distributed fish tainted from the radioactive ash?

3. When did the United States explode a hydrogen bomb in the Eniwetok atoll?

4. Where did the radioactive ash from the bomb fall?

5. What was another fear for people in the 1950s?

(see the answer key)

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