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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 was a bigger bomb dropped on March 1, 1954?
(a) Bikini atoll.
(b) Malaysia.
(c) Utah.
(d) Pacific Ocean.
2. By 1958, the average child in the United States carried ten times more _______________ than the year before.
(a) copper.
(b) hydrogen.
(c) uranium.
(d) strontium.
3. What word was not allowed on television in the 1950s?
(a) Kraut.
(b) Jew.
(c) Pregnant.
(d) Nigger.
4. What was the name of the novelty and joke store Bryson used to frequent?
(a) Malone's.
(b) Pinky's.
(c) Star City.
(d) Buzz's Place.
5. What kind of kit did Bryson get for Christmas one year that was disappointing?
(a) Doctor bag.
(b) Artist kit.
(c) Erector set.
(d) Chemistry set.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Bryson and his mother go for pie after the movies?
2. Who tasted the albino Lincoln Logs?
3. What did Bryson's mother serve at every meal even though Bryson did not like it?
4. For what publication did Bryson's father work?
5. What were household buying more than one of in the 1950s?
Short Essay Questions
1. What behaviors did teenagers exhibit in the 1950s?
2. What sorts of things did Bryson and other kids do to help pass the long days?
3. Where did Bryson go with his friend's family on a summer outing and why did he not look forward to it?
4. How did television change life for people in the 1950s?
5. What were some of the appliances that people in the 1950s were excited about owning?
6. Who was The Thunderbolt Kid?
7. What was Bryson's mother's main personality quirk?
8. What were some of the ways that boys could see glimpses of naked women?
9. What form of exercise did Bryson's father like to practice and what was an unusual location for his exercise routine?
10. Who was Joseph R. McCarthy and what was his role in the fear of Communism that spread across America?
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