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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Out and About.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was President of the United States when Bryson was born?
(a) Dwight Eisenhower.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Harry Truman.

2. What did Bryson discover about his mother from her college days?
(a) She was the National Honor Society president.
(b) She was prom queen.
(c) She was an exchange student.
(d) She was editor of the school newspaper.

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 wasn't allowed to sleep in.
(d) He had to go to church.

4. In what year was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1962.

5. What did Bryson say was a myth about childhood?
(a) Time goes by fast.
(b) Any Christmas gift is the best.
(c) Every day is an adventure.
(d) Every birthday is happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What appliance was treated like a treasured guest in the Bryson household?

2. What was Bryson's parents' response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

3. Who was a person Bryson got to meet on one of these trips with his father?

4. What were Bryson's three uncles called?

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

(see the answer key)

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