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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 could take Bryson a whole morning to do on the weekends?
(a) Mowing the lawn.
(b) Cleaning his room.
(c) Sweeping the garage.
(d) Lacing his shoes properly.

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

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

4. Bryson's favorite candies were almost always made of ______________.
(a) chocolate.
(b) lemon.
(c) caramel.
(d) wax.

5. Where did the radioactive ash from the bomb fall?
(a) Nearby islands.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Navy ships.
(d) Pearl Harbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did Bryson always forget to bring to school?

2. What was the repercussion of underground bomb tests?

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

4. What were Bryson's favorite books?

5. What was the name of Bryson's elementary school?

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