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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, School Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What became the joy of every family in the 1950s?
(a) Ice cream makers.
(b) Television.
(c) Subdivisions.
(d) Diners.

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

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

4. How did Bryson injure his head when he was ten-years-old?
(a) Got hit with a rock.
(b) A car accident.
(c) Playing football.
(d) Fell off his bike.

5. What were Bryson's favorite books?
(a) Dick and Jane books.
(b) Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
(c) Clifford the Dog.
(d) The Adventures of Aqua Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the first television dinners?

2. Where did Bryson go on the outing with his friend and his family?

3. Why did Bryson think that Sunday mornings were too long?

4. Bryson recalled a day in August of ____________ when he went on an outing with a friend and his family.

5. Where did the Brysons spend Christmas of 1960?

(see the answer key)

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