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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Bryson's favorite books?
(a) Dick and Jane books.
(b) Clifford the Dog.
(c) Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
(d) The Adventures of Aqua Man.

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

3. What was the end of the dog in #114?
(a) He was hit by a car.
(b) He bit a visitor.
(c) He chewed a high heel shoe.
(d) He urinated on new carpet.

4. Where did Bryson and his friends have fun most of the year?
(a) Movie theater.
(b) Swimming pool.
(c) Horse track.
(d) Go-kart park.

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

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

7. Which friend went to college in California?
(a) Milton Milton.
(b) Jed Mattes.
(c) Chuck Morrison.
(d) Buddy Doberman.

8. Who did Bryson say was the smartest person he ever met?
(a) Scooter Jones.
(b) Doug Willoughby.
(c) Chuck Morrison.
(d) Eddie Franklin.

9. Who was the friend who introduced Bryson to the finer things in life?
(a) Jed Mattes.
(b) James Hall.
(c) Jeremy Miller.
(d) Jared Clark.

10. None of the rides at the amusement park in #145 had ____________.
(a) music.
(b) seat belts.
(c) lights.
(d) timers.

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

12. What was the happiest year on record according to the Gallup Organization?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1962.

13. Where were the students supposed to go during the exercise in #107?
(a) The auditorium.
(b) The cloakroom.
(c) Under their desks.
(d) The basement.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Even though the year in #157 was a happy one, who was still excluded from many places in America?

3. Who was the transfer student who was drunk often at the age of 14?

4. What quality hindered Bryson in his work?

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

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