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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. What was an insect that rose from the ground and could fly up someone's shorts?
(a) Cicada.
(b) Mosquito.
(c) Wasp.
(d) Lightning bug.

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

3. What were Bryson's three uncles called?
(a) The Three Stooges.
(b) The Three Musketeers.
(c) The Trio of Terror.
(d) Three Blind Mice.

4. Who was a person Bryson got to meet on one of these trips with his father?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Captain Kangaroo.
(c) Ed Sullivan.
(d) Willie Mays.

5. For what characteristic was Bryson's father known?
(a) He was cheap.
(b) He was a great bowler.
(c) He was artistic.
(d) He was a great dancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Brysons spend Christmas of 1960?

2. In what month was Bryson born?

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

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

5. In what unusual place did Bryson's father practice his exercise?

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