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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Out and About.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bryson, Buddy and Bill do to the Lincoln Logs to turn them white?
(a) Rubbed lemons on them.
(b) Urinated on them.
(c) Soaked them in bleach.
(d) Painted them.

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

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

4. Who was the girl in Bryson's neighborhood that everyone wanted to see naked?
(a) Mary O'Leary.
(b) Carolyn Westfall.
(c) Susie MacKenzie.
(d) Cheryl Meyers.

5. Why did Bryson and his friends play inside most of the time?
(a) There was more to do inside.
(b) It was too hot to stay outside.
(c) They watched TV all the time.
(d) It was almost always winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the first television dinners?

2. In what year was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

3. How old was Bryson when he broke the body part in #133?

4. What was Bryson's father's job at the publication?

5. How did life in the 1950s make people feel?

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