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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Pursuit of Pleasure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children under the age of 12 were living in the mid-1950s in America?
(a) 903,000.
(b) 123 million.
(c) 7 million.
(d) 32 million.

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

3. How did Bryson injure his head when he was ten-years-old?
(a) A car accident.
(b) Got hit with a rock.
(c) Playing football.
(d) Fell off his bike.

4. Where did the Brysons visit during their trip to the state in #59?
(a) Disneyland.
(b) Universal Studios.
(c) The White House.
(d) The Empire State Building.

5. What did Bryson and his friends make a little neighborhood kid eat once as an experiment?
(a) Mud.
(b) Kitty litter.
(c) Matches.
(d) Red berries in the backyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was an insect that rose from the ground and could fly up someone's shorts?

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

3. Who was President of the United States when Bryson was born?

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

5. Who was the Bryson family's dentist?

(see the answer key)

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