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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 did the Thunderbolt Kid do to the man who drank out of Bryson's glass at Toddle House?
(a) Sent bolts of electricity into his back.
(b) Tripped him and made him fall.
(c) Pushed him off the stool.
(d) Sent laster beams into his eyes.

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

3. Who was the Thunderbolt Kid?
(a) Bryson's arch enemy.
(b) Bryson's brother.
(c) Bryson's best friend.
(d) Bryson's alter ego.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Bryson grow up?

5. In what month was Bryson born?

(see the answer key)

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