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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What supermarket remained from Bryson's youth?
(a) Meijer.
(b) Dahl's.
(c) Albertson's.
(d) Kroger's.

2. How old was Bryson when he broke the body part in #133?
(a) 9.
(b) 17.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

3. What type of soda did Bryson get when he went downtown with his grandfather?
(a) Pepsi-Cola.
(b) Dr. Pepper.
(c) Nehi.
(d) Coca-Cola.

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

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

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

7. What subject did Bryson especially like?
(a) Geography.
(b) Spelling.
(c) Math.
(d) Reading.

8. What game did the person in #152 introduce Bryson to?
(a) Scrabble.
(b) Match fighting.
(c) Red Rover.
(d) Pac Man.

9. Bryson wrote about which relatives in Chapter 10?
(a) Aunts.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Grandparents.
(d) Brothers.

10. What eroded the sense of security for people in the 1950s?
(a) Polio.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) Soviet long range missiles.

11. At whose house was Bryson playing when he broke the body part in #133?
(a) Eddie Corcoran's.
(b) Arthur Bergen's.
(c) Buddy Miller's.
(d) Duke Collins'.

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

13. What happened to the Thunderbolt Kid's sacred jersey?
(a) It got paint spots on it.
(b) It was thrown out by Bryson's parents.
(c) It was ripped in a fight.
(d) It went through the bleach cycle.

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

15. In which town did the people in #121 live?
(a) Winfield.
(b) Butte.
(c) Dubuque.
(d) Omaha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Bryson family go in the new vehicle?

2. What did Bryson feel about where he grew up?

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

4. What exercise was held at the school each month?

5. What was the name of the dog that harassed Bryson?

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