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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What university did Bryson's mother attend?
(a) Duke.
(b) Drake.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Iowa State.

2. Which friend got Bryson into the strippers' tent?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Doug.
(c) Jed.
(d) Milton Milton.

3. What time did Bryson have to get to work on Sundays?
(a) Mid-afternoon.
(b) Before dawn.
(c) Mid-morning.
(d) Noon.

4. What did Bryson's grandparents do in their house on winter nights?
(a) Went to bed early.
(b) Turned off the heat.
(c) Planned spring gardens.
(d) Played cards.

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

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

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

8. Research in the late 1950s indicated that ___________ caused cancer.
(a) paint thinner.
(b) smoking.
(c) fiberglass.
(d) exhaust fumes.

9. What did Bryson discover about his mother from her college days?
(a) She was the National Honor Society president.
(b) She was an exchange student.
(c) She was prom queen.
(d) She was editor of the school newspaper.

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

11. Where did Bryson's grandparents go nearly every night in the summer?
(a) Ice cream shop.
(b) VFW hall.
(c) Drive-in movie.
(d) Potluck dinners.

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

13. In what year was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1954.

14. What was Bryson's parents' response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) They built an air raid shelter.
(b) They were cautiously optimistic.
(c) They knew they were going to die.
(d) Everything would be fine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the minimum age for admittance into the venue in #148 when Bryson was 13?

2. What did Bryson have to do three nights a week for his job?

3. None of the rides at the amusement park in #145 had ____________.

4. Where were the students supposed to go during the exercise in #107?

5. At whose house was Bryson playing when he broke the body part in #133?

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