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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Sex and Other Distractions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bryson recalled a day in August of ____________ when he went on an outing with a friend and his family.
(a) 1972.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1964.

2. Who tasted the albino Lincoln Logs?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Mr. Milton.
(c) Milton Milton.
(d) Mr. Sipkowicz.

3. Where did Bryson grow up?
(a) Des Moines, Iowa.
(b) Bangor, Maine.
(c) Columbus, Ohio.
(d) Butte, Montana.

4. Where did the Thunderbolt Kid get his powers?
(a) From the Greek Gods.
(b) From a spell cast by his favorite teacher.
(c) Bryson was not sure.
(d) Bryson gave him the powers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What publication did most boys need to rely on to seem partially clothed girls?

2. Who did Bryson think his real father must have been?

3. Where did the Brysons spend Christmas of 1960?

4. What word was not allowed on television in the 1950s?

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

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