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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 body part did Bryson break?
(a) Leg.
(b) Arm.
(c) Toe.
(d) Finger.

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

3. Who created the first television dinners?
(a) Lean Cuisine.
(b) C.A. Swanson.
(c) Marie Callendar's.
(d) Banquet.

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

5. In what city did Bryson's mother's relatives live?
(a) Omaha.
(b) Tucson.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Butte.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Bill's reaction after the Cuban Missile Crisis?

3. By 1958, the average child in the United States carried ten times more _______________ than the year before.

4. Which state did the U.S. use as a test site?

5. Where was a bigger bomb dropped on March 1, 1954?

(see the answer key)

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