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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who tasted the albino Lincoln Logs?
(a) Milton Milton.
(b) Mr. Milton.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Mr. Sipkowicz.

3. What was the main street of Bryson's hometown?
(a) Main Street.
(b) Commerce Street.
(c) Grand Avenue.
(d) Wayne Avenue.

4. What was a household item that people were buying in the 1950s?
(a) Espresso machine.
(b) Toaster.
(c) Dishwasher.
(d) Trash compactor.

5. Where did Bryson like to accompany his father because there was always the chance of injury for excitement?
(a) A car dealership.
(b) The lumberyard.
(c) The auto mechanic shop.
(d) The race track.

6. Where did the radioactive ash from the bomb fall?
(a) Pearl Harbor.
(b) Nearby islands.
(c) Navy ships.
(d) San Francisco.

7. How did life in the 1950s make people feel?
(a) They were scared of another war.
(b) Everything was good.
(c) Danger lurked around every corner.
(d) They lived as if there were no tomorrow.

8. What was the name of the cafeteria where the Brysons enjoyed having meals?
(a) McGreevey's.
(b) Dulaney's.
(c) Callendar's.
(d) Bishop's.

9. Who was the doctor who made a house call to tend to Bryson's head injury?
(a) Dr. Morton.
(b) Dr. Bigelow.
(c) Dr. Alzheimer.
(d) Dr. Kerrigan.

10. By 1958, the average child in the United States carried ten times more _______________ than the year before.
(a) hydrogen.
(b) uranium.
(c) strontium.
(d) copper.

11. Who was the girl in Bryson's neighborhood that everyone wanted to see naked?
(a) Susie MacKenzie.
(b) Mary O'Leary.
(c) Cheryl Meyers.
(d) Carolyn Westfall.

12. Where did the Brysons visit during their trip to the state in #59?
(a) The White House.
(b) Disneyland.
(c) Universal Studios.
(d) The Empire State Building.

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

14. What did Bryson, Buddy and Bill do to the Lincoln Logs to turn them white?
(a) Urinated on them.
(b) Painted them.
(c) Rubbed lemons on them.
(d) Soaked them in bleach.

15. The hydrogen bomb could have ignited all the ____________ in the world.
(a) plutonium.
(b) oxygen.
(c) helium.
(d) carbon dioxide.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city did Bryson's mother's relatives live?

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

3. Where did Bryson grow up?

4. Who distributed fish tainted from the radioactive ash?

5. What was something that Bryson's mother tended to forget?

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