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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Bryson injure his head when he was ten-years-old?
(a) Playing football.
(b) A car accident.
(c) Got hit with a rock.
(d) Fell off his bike.

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

3. What did Bryson and his buddies do the girlie magazine's he found in his father's closet?
(a) Wrote balloon captions on them.
(b) Highlighted certain images.
(c) Sold them.
(d) Tore out some pages.

4. Why did Bryson think that Sunday mornings were too long?
(a) He waited for the TV programs to start.
(b) He had to go to church.
(c) He wasn't allowed to sleep in.
(d) He had to do his paper route.

5. 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.

6. What was one of the few things that was really exciting for Bryson?
(a) Camp outs.
(b) Going swimming.
(c) Comic books.
(d) Drive-in movies.

7. What magazine offered men and boys the chance to see naked women?
(a) Oui.
(b) Playboy.
(c) Cabaret.
(d) Maxim.

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

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

10. What did Bryson name the green jersey with the golden thunderbolt on the chest?
(a) Zip Zag Zap.
(b) Invisibility cloak.
(c) Bryson's Bolt Brigade.
(d) Sacred Jersey of Zap.

11. What disease was a major concern during the 1950s?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Measles.
(c) Polio.
(d) Leukemia.

12. What was Bryson's father's job at the publication?
(a) Sports writer.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Typesetter.
(d) Managing editor.

13. Which state did the U.S. use as a test site?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) Utah.
(c) Montana.
(d) Nevada.

14. What craft looked like fun at first but ended up being messy and frustrating?
(a) Building models.
(b) Creepy Crawlers.
(c) Paint by Numbers.
(d) Play-Doh.

15. What unusual physical characteristic did Bryson's uncle have?
(a) One blue eye and one green eye.
(b) A hole in his throat.
(c) A streak of white hair in his black hair.
(d) A peg leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Bryson family's dentist?

2. In what state did the military begin testing atomic bombs?

3. What was the repercussion of underground bomb tests?

4. Why did Bryson think he would never get to visit the location in #55?

5. What super power did the Thunderbolt Kid use primarily?

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