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

2. What were household buying more than one of in the 1950s?
(a) Houses.
(b) Time Shares.
(c) Cars.
(d) Bicycles.

3. What nationality was the doctor who Bryson's parents took him to?
(a) Cuban.
(b) German.
(c) Irish.
(d) Italian.

4. What was Bill's reaction after the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) He knew his family would be safe.
(b) He wouldn't go out of the house.
(c) He drew comic books.
(d) He never trusted grownups again.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Bryson family go in the new vehicle?

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

3. Where did the Brysons visit during their trip to the state in #59?

4. What disease was a major concern during the 1950s?

5. Where did the Brysons spend Christmas of 1960?

(see the answer key)

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