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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 Bryson and his mother go for pie after the movies?
(a) Frisch's.
(b) Waffle House.
(c) Toddle House.
(d) Maguire's.
2. What family attraction and vacation spot opened in 1955?
(a) Six Flags.
(b) SeaWorld.
(c) Disneyland.
(d) Universal Studios.
3. Where did Bryson go on the outing with his friend and his family?
(a) Lake Ontario.
(b) Lake Ahquabi.
(c) Lake Tahoe.
(d) Disneyland.
4. What was one of the few things that was really exciting for Bryson?
(a) Going swimming.
(b) Comic books.
(c) Drive-in movies.
(d) Camp outs.
5. Who was President of the United States when Bryson was born?
(a) Dwight Eisenhower.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Richard Nixon.
Short Answer Questions
1. What were household buying more than one of in the 1950s?
2. What could take Bryson a whole morning to do on the weekends?
3. Who was Bryson's brother?
4. Why did Bryson think he would never get to visit the location in #55?
5. Who did a huge belly flop off the diving board while on the outing?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was the one girl that all the neighborhood boys wanted to see naked and how did Bryson miss out on this momentous occasion?
2. How did television change life for people in the 1950s?
3. Describe a typical experience of Bryson's family stopping to see his mother's family every time they went on vacation.
4. What were some of the regulations about sex in the 1950s?
5. What behaviors did teenagers exhibit in the 1950s?
6. Where did Bryson's father work and what were some of the perks of the job?
7. What businesses came about as the result of more cars in America?
8. Name some of the things that showed that life was simpler and safer in the 1950s.
9. Who was The Thunderbolt Kid?
10. Who was Joseph R. McCarthy and what was his role in the fear of Communism that spread across America?
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