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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. Who created the first television dinners?
(a) Lean Cuisine.
(b) Marie Callendar's.
(c) Banquet.
(d) C.A. Swanson.

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

3. Why did Bryson think that Sunday mornings were too long?
(a) He waited for the TV programs to start.
(b) He had to do his paper route.
(c) He had to go to church.
(d) He wasn't allowed to sleep in.

4. What were Bryson's three uncles called?
(a) The Three Musketeers.
(b) Three Blind Mice.
(c) The Three Stooges.
(d) The Trio of Terror.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Thunderbolt Kid get his powers?

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

3. What was it about Bryson's Thunderbolt Kid outfit that caused laughter from the other kids?

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

5. Why did Bryson think he would never get to visit the location in #55?

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