The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Bill Bryson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Bill Bryson
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Farewell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What topic did Bryson's father talk to the family about periodically?
(a) Saving more money.
(b) Living on a farm.
(c) Moving to a big city.
(d) Helping out around the house.

2. Who was the transfer student who was drunk often at the age of 14?
(a) Mike Pitsenbarger.
(b) Eugene Milford.
(c) Stephen Katz.
(d) Jeff Andrews.

3. At what age did Bryson start the job in #109?
(a) 15.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 8.

4. What was it about Bryson's Thunderbolt Kid outfit that caused laughter from the other kids?
(a) He had orange wings.
(b) He wore black socks and sandals.
(c) He didn't wear any pants.
(d) He wore his underpants over his jeans.

5. Where did Bryson and his mother go every Friday?
(a) To vist his grandma.
(b) Dinner and a movie.
(c) The library.
(d) The grocery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which friend got Bryson into the strippers' tent?

2. What supermarket remained from Bryson's youth?

3. Where did Bryson grow up?

4. Even though the year in #157 was a happy one, who was still excluded from many places in America?

5. What did Bryson and his buddies do the girlie magazine's he found in his father's closet?

(see the answer key)

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