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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Brysons spend Christmas of 1960?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Florida.
(c) California.
(d) New York.

2. What publication did most boys need to rely on to seem partially clothed girls?
(a) Hustler.
(b) National Geographic.
(c) Medical supply books.
(d) Mail order catalogs.

3. What was the repercussion of underground bomb tests?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Sunken mines.
(c) Huge craters.
(d) Destroyed phone lines.

4. Who was Bryson's brother?
(a) Don.
(b) Steve.
(c) Ricky.
(d) Michael.

5. What was the area set apart in the grocery where kids could read while their parents shopped?
(a) Tot Shop.
(b) Kiddie Corral.
(c) Little Shoppers.
(d) Little Library.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what unusual place did Bryson's father practice his exercise?

2. What did Bryson keep for years just for the sake of conversation?

3. What precaution did kids in the 1950s not have to take?

4. Bryson recalled a day in August of ____________ when he went on an outing with a friend and his family.

5. What was outlawed in almost every state?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bryson get some insight into sex?

2. Who was The Thunderbolt Kid?

3. What importance did comic books have in the lives of Bryson and most other kids in the 1950s?

4. What were the results of the hydrogen bombs dropped by the United States in 1952 and 1954?

5. Where did Bryson's father work and what were some of the perks of the job?

6. How did Bryson describe Des Moines and the area of the city where he lived?

7. How many siblings did Bryson have?

8. What were some of the ways that boys could see glimpses of naked women?

9. What sorts of things did Bryson and other kids do to help pass the long days?

10. What businesses came about as the result of more cars in America?

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