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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the elementary school students eat lunch?
(a) The cafeteria.
(b) The junior high building.
(c) At home.
(d) The auditorium.

2. The bedroom of the person in #152 looked like a _____________.
(a) arcade.
(b) library.
(c) laboratory.
(d) circus.

3. Where did the Brysons spend a night in a cheap hotel?
(a) Bloomington.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Chicago.

4. What was Bill's reaction after the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) He drew comic books.
(b) He wouldn't go out of the house.
(c) He never trusted grownups again.
(d) He knew his family would be safe.

5. What was the name of the dog that harassed Bryson?
(a) Max.
(b) Sport.
(c) Bear.
(d) Dewey.

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

7. What color was the barn on Bryson's grandparents' farm?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Grey.

8. Which friend appeared in Bryson's book, A WALK IN THE WOODS?
(a) Milton Milton.
(b) Doug Willoughby.
(c) Stephen Katz.
(d) Chuck Morrison.

9. What did Bryson threaten to do to Bryson when he saw the amount of absences on his report cards?
(a) Take away his comic books.
(b) Ground him for the rest of his life.
(c) Withhold his allowance.
(d) Send him to a military academy.

10. Which friend became Bryson's literary agent?
(a) Jed Mattes.
(b) Milton Milton.
(c) Stephen Katz.
(d) Doug Willoughby.

11. Where did Bryson's mother move after her husband died?
(a) A smaller house.
(b) Her daughter's house.
(c) An apartment.
(d) A retirement community.

12. What job did Bryson have during the 1950s and 1960s?
(a) Delivery boy.
(b) Newspaper boy.
(c) Bus boy.
(d) Grocery bagger.

13. Where was Bryson sent quite a bit as punishment?
(a) The AV room.
(b) The Principal's office.
(c) The cloakroom.
(d) Home.

14. In what year did the Thunderbolt Kid's sacred jersey meet its fate?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1999.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bryson say about the Des Moines of his youth?

2. What eroded the sense of security for people in the 1950s?

3. What did Bryson buy with the money from his job?

4. In what year did the first shopping mall open in Des Moines?

5. What did Bryson and his friends do at the venue in #149?

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