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

2. What was Bryson's father's job at the publication?
(a) Sports writer.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Typesetter.
(d) Managing editor.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Thunderbolt Kid?

2. Why did Bryson hate going to the dentist?

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

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

5. What family attraction and vacation spot opened in 1955?

(see the answer key)

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