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

2. What publication did most boys need to rely on to seem partially clothed girls?
(a) Medical supply books.
(b) National Geographic.
(c) Hustler.
(d) Mail order catalogs.

3. What did Bryson buy with the money from his job?
(a) A portable TV.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A set of golf clubs.
(d) A tent.

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

5. What word was not allowed on television in the 1950s?
(a) Jew.
(b) Pregnant.
(c) Kraut.
(d) Nigger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What entertainment venue did Bryson really enjoy?

2. What time did Bryson have to get to work on Sundays?

3. What did Bryson say was a myth about childhood?

4. In what year did the movie in #73 come out?

5. What was Bryson's father's job at the publication?

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