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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. How did life in the 1950s make people feel?
(a) Everything was good.
(b) They were scared of another war.
(c) Danger lurked around every corner.
(d) They lived as if there were no tomorrow.

2. Who was the Thunderbolt Kid?
(a) Bryson's arch enemy.
(b) Bryson's alter ego.
(c) Bryson's brother.
(d) Bryson's best friend.

3. What was the name of the novelty and joke store Bryson used to frequent?
(a) Star City.
(b) Buzz's Place.
(c) Malone's.
(d) Pinky's.

4. What did the Thunderbolt Kid do to the man who drank out of Bryson's glass at Toddle House?
(a) Pushed him off the stool.
(b) Sent laster beams into his eyes.
(c) Tripped him and made him fall.
(d) Sent bolts of electricity into his back.

5. Where did Bryson go on the outing with his friend and his family?
(a) Lake Ahquabi.
(b) Disneyland.
(c) Lake Ontario.
(d) Lake Tahoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Bryson like to accompany his father because there was always the chance of injury for excitement?

2. What did Bryson and his friends make a little neighborhood kid eat once as an experiment?

3. Where did Bryson and his mother go every Friday?

4. In what state did the military begin testing atomic bombs?

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. Where did Bryson go with his friend's family on a summer outing and why did he not look forward to it?

3. What was the ritual Bryson had with his mother every Friday evening?

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

5. What form of exercise did Bryson's father like to practice and what was an unusual location for his exercise routine?

6. How many siblings did Bryson have?

7. How did television change life for people in the 1950s?

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

9. What was Bryson's mother's main personality quirk?

10. What was Bryson's notion of how slowly time passed for kids?

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