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

2. What was the name of the cafeteria where the Brysons enjoyed having meals?
(a) McGreevey's.
(b) Dulaney's.
(c) Callendar's.
(d) Bishop's.

3. What super power did the Thunderbolt Kid use primarily?
(a) Ability to leap tall buildings.
(b) X-ray vision.
(c) Ability to shoot lasers from his fingers.
(d) Ability to fly.

4. Where did Bryson and his mother go for pie after the movies?
(a) Toddle House.
(b) Waffle House.
(c) Maguire's.
(d) Frisch's.

5. What were household buying more than one of in the 1950s?
(a) Cars.
(b) Time Shares.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) Houses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the novelty and joke store Bryson used to frequent?

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

3. How many children under the age of 12 were living in the mid-1950s in America?

4. Who was Bryson's brother?

5. What did Bryson say was a myth about childhood?

(see the answer key)

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