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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 did life in the 1950s make people feel?
(a) They were scared of another war.
(b) They lived as if there were no tomorrow.
(c) Danger lurked around every corner.
(d) Everything was good.

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

3. Where did the Brysons spend Christmas of 1960?
(a) New York.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Florida.
(d) California.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What could take Bryson a whole morning to do on the weekends?

3. What was the area set apart in the grocery where kids could read while their parents shopped?

4. In what year was Bryson born?

5. What was another natural threat during Bryson's childhood days?

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