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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. What time did Bryson have to get to work on Sundays?
(a) Noon.
(b) Mid-afternoon.
(c) Mid-morning.
(d) Before dawn.

2. Where did Bryson get to accompany his father on business-related trips?
(a) Printing plants.
(b) Museums.
(c) Business openings.
(d) Major League ballgames.

3. What subject did Bryson especially like?
(a) Math.
(b) Geography.
(c) Reading.
(d) Spelling.

4. America was at war with ____________ when Bryson was born.
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Korea.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Germany.

5. What university did Bryson's mother attend?
(a) Iowa State.
(b) Duke.
(c) Drake.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bryson buy with the money from his job?

2. What did Bryson's mother serve at every meal even though Bryson did not like it?

3. Where did the radioactive ash from the bomb fall?

4. By 1958, the average child in the United States carried ten times more _______________ than the year before.

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

(see the answer key)

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