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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 a person Bryson got to meet on one of these trips with his father?
(a) Ed Sullivan.
(b) Captain Kangaroo.
(c) Lyndon Johnson.
(d) Willie Mays.

2. What did Bryson say was a myth about childhood?
(a) Every birthday is happy.
(b) Every day is an adventure.
(c) Time goes by fast.
(d) Any Christmas gift is the best.

3. Who did Bryson think his real father must have been?
(a) Spiderman.
(b) Superman.
(c) King Volton.
(d) Green Hornet.

4. What became the joy of every family in the 1950s?
(a) Television.
(b) Diners.
(c) Subdivisions.
(d) Ice cream makers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who liked to harass smaller children in town?

2. What did Bryson and his friends make a little neighborhood kid eat once as an experiment?

3. Why did Bryson think that Sunday mornings were too long?

4. Where did Bryson grow up?

5. What appliance was treated like a treasured guest in the Bryson household?

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