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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. Who did a huge belly flop off the diving board while on the outing?
(a) Bryson.
(b) Chuck.
(c) Mr. Milton.
(d) Milton Milton.

2. What did Bryson threaten to do to Bryson when he saw the amount of absences on his report cards?
(a) Withhold his allowance.
(b) Take away his comic books.
(c) Send him to a military academy.
(d) Ground him for the rest of his life.

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

4. What exercise was held at the school each month?
(a) Blizzard Drills.
(b) Fire Drills.
(c) Civil Defense Drill.
(d) Tornado Drills.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What could take Bryson a whole morning to do on the weekends?

3. What kind of kit did Bryson get for Christmas one year that was disappointing?

4. How many children under the age of 12 were living in the mid-1950s in America?

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

(see the answer key)

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