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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did boys charge other boys for once they discovered them?
(a) X-rated movies.
(b) Risque postcards.
(c) Porn magazines.
(d) Holes in walls where undressed women could be seen.

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

4. What family attraction and vacation spot opened in 1955?
(a) Universal Studios.
(b) Six Flags.
(c) Disneyland.
(d) SeaWorld.

5. What was a popular spot for kids to play in in the 1950s?
(a) Pool halls.
(b) Vacant lots.
(c) Basements.
(d) Alleys.

6. Where did Bryson grow up?
(a) Bangor, Maine.
(b) Des Moines, Iowa.
(c) Butte, Montana.
(d) Columbus, Ohio.

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

8. What was outlawed in almost every state?
(a) Various sexual acts.
(b) Lite beer.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Panty raids.

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

10. Where did Bryson and his mother go for pie after the movies?
(a) Waffle House.
(b) Frisch's.
(c) Toddle House.
(d) Maguire's.

11. What kind of kit did Bryson get for Christmas one year that was disappointing?
(a) Artist kit.
(b) Chemistry set.
(c) Erector set.
(d) Doctor bag.

12. For what publication did Bryson's father work?
(a) Sporting News.
(b) The Des Moines Register.
(c) The Reader's Digest.
(d) The Columbus Disptach.

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

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

15. Bryson's favorite candies were almost always made of ______________.
(a) chocolate.
(b) wax.
(c) lemon.
(d) caramel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What movie did Bryson's sister decide they needed to see?

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

4. What was an insect that rose from the ground and could fly up someone's shorts?

5. Where did Bryson go on the outing with his friend and his family?

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