The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Test | Final Test - Easy

Bill Bryson
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bryson buy with the money from his job?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A portable TV.
(c) A set of golf clubs.
(d) A tent.

2. Which of the following did Bryson always forget to bring to school?
(a) His homework assignment.
(b) His lunch.
(c) Valentine's cards for the class.
(d) His signed report card.

3. Discoveries about his parents' successes made Bryson revise the story of _____________.
(a) his parentage.
(b) his achievements.
(c) his school days.
(d) their courtship.

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

5. What club did Doug Willoughby take over?
(a) The Audio-Visual Club.
(b) The FFA Club.
(c) The Drama Club.
(d) The 4-H Club.

6. What did Bryson decide that he liked better than the item in #116?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Girls.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Books.

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

8. What did Bryson feel about where he grew up?
(a) He hated it.
(b) He was bored to tears.
(c) He didn't feel one way or the other about it.
(d) He was happy to be in a good city.

9. What item at school did Bryson like for its intoxicating scent?
(a) Lemon cleanser.
(b) Memeograph paper.
(c) Floor was.
(d) Chalk.

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

11. What did Bryson love about the town in #122?
(a) Park.
(b) Swimming pool.
(c) Main Street.
(d) Ice cream shop.

12. What was the name of the broken down amusement park?
(a) Riverview.
(b) Americana.
(c) Fantasy Farm.
(d) Lakeside.

13. What did Bryson and his friends do at the venue in #149?
(a) Had popcorn fights.
(b) Did belly floppers.
(c) Raced cars.
(d) Took naps.

14. In what year did the first shopping mall open in Des Moines?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1965.

15. What was the landscape like in the area where Bryson's grandparents lived?
(a) Mountainous.
(b) Flat.
(c) Desert.
(d) Hilly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Research in the late 1950s indicated that ___________ caused cancer.

2. The bedroom of the person in #152 looked like a _____________.

3. What did Bryson discover about his mother from her college days?

4. Where did Bryson's grandparents go nearly every night in the summer?

5. Which friend became Bryson's literary agent?

(see the answer keys)

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