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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 Bryson and his friends make a little neighborhood kid eat once as an experiment?
(a) Matches.
(b) Kitty litter.
(c) Mud.
(d) Red berries in the backyard.

2. Where did Bryson get to accompany his father on business-related trips?
(a) Business openings.
(b) Major League ballgames.
(c) Printing plants.
(d) Museums.

3. What was Bryson's father's job at the publication?
(a) Photographer.
(b) Typesetter.
(c) Managing editor.
(d) Sports writer.

4. What was another natural threat during Bryson's childhood days?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Sun poisoning.
(c) Floods.
(d) Poison sumac.

5. In what year was Bryson born?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What unusual physical characteristic did Bryson's uncle have?

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

5. Who was Bryson's sister?

(see the answer key)

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