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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. Where did the Thunderbolt Kid get his powers?
(a) Bryson gave him the powers.
(b) From a spell cast by his favorite teacher.
(c) From the Greek Gods.
(d) Bryson was not sure.

2. Why did Bryson think that Sunday mornings were too long?
(a) He had to do his paper route.
(b) He wasn't allowed to sleep in.
(c) He had to go to church.
(d) He waited for the TV programs to start.

3. Where did Bryson grow up?
(a) Bangor, Maine.
(b) Columbus, Ohio.
(c) Des Moines, Iowa.
(d) Butte, Montana.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bryson and his friends make a little neighborhood kid eat once as an experiment?

2. What family attraction and vacation spot opened in 1955?

3. What was a household item that people were buying in the 1950s?

4. Where did Bryson like to accompany his father because there was always the chance of injury for excitement?

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

(see the answer key)

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