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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 eroded the sense of security for people in the 1950s?
(a) Soviet long range missiles.
(b) Polio.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The Great Depression.

2. What was Bryson's parents' response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) They built an air raid shelter.
(b) They were cautiously optimistic.
(c) They knew they were going to die.
(d) Everything would be fine.

3. When did the United States explode a hydrogen bomb in the Eniwetok atoll?
(a) September 15, 1954.
(b) April 4, 1959.
(c) November 1, 1952.
(d) January 3, 1945.

4. What was the name of Bryson's elementary school?
(a) George Washington Elementary.
(b) Greenwood.
(c) Woodland Heights.
(d) The Baker Academy.

5. What did Bryson and his buddies do the girlie magazine's he found in his father's closet?
(a) Highlighted certain images.
(b) Wrote balloon captions on them.
(c) Sold them.
(d) Tore out some pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What craft looked like fun at first but ended up being messy and frustrating?

2. In what ocean is the Eniwetok atoll located?

3. Who was Bryson's brother?

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

5. What did the Thunderbolt Kid do to the man who drank out of Bryson's glass at Toddle House?

(see the answer key)

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