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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Age of Excitement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what decade of American life did Bryson write in this book?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1950s.

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

3. How many children under the age of 12 were living in the mid-1950s in America?
(a) 32 million.
(b) 7 million.
(c) 903,000.
(d) 123 million.

4. What type of exercise did Bryson's father practice?
(a) Pilates.
(b) Weight lifting.
(c) Isometrics.
(d) Aerobics.

5. What was the main street of Bryson's hometown?
(a) Grand Avenue.
(b) Commerce Street.
(c) Wayne Avenue.
(d) Main Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was something that Bryson's mother tended to forget?

2. Where did Bryson and his mother go for pie after the movies?

3. Who was Bryson's sister?

4. Where did Bryson and his mother go every Friday?

5. What precaution did kids in the 1950s not have to take?

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