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

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

3. About what decade of American life did Bryson write in this book?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1940s.

4. What did Bryson's mother serve at every meal even though Bryson did not like it?
(a) Butter.
(b) Milk.
(c) Cottage cheese.
(d) Salad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Bryson hate going to the dentist?

2. America was at war with ____________ when Bryson was born.

3. Who was the doctor who made a house call to tend to Bryson's head injury?

4. In what month was Bryson born?

5. Where did Bryson get to accompany his father on business-related trips?

(see the answer key)

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