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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. Who was Bryson's friend who lived across the alley and had good toys?
(a) Butch Cavanaugh.
(b) Billy MacKenzie.
(c) Buddy Doberman.
(d) Eddie Williams.

2. Where did Bryson and his mother go every Friday?
(a) The grocery.
(b) To vist his grandma.
(c) Dinner and a movie.
(d) The library.

3. What did Bryson's parents tell him his mother was doing when he came upon them having sex one afternoon?
(a) Testing out a new mattress.
(b) Checking his father's teeth.
(c) Looking for dirty socks.
(d) Changing the bedding.

4. What was the name of the cafeteria where the Brysons enjoyed having meals?
(a) McGreevey's.
(b) Bishop's.
(c) Dulaney's.
(d) Callendar's.

5. What precaution did kids in the 1950s not have to take?
(a) They did not have to come inside when it got dark.
(b) Had cell phones and pagers.
(c) Wore seat belts in the car.
(d) Cupboards were not baby-proofed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Bryson think that Sunday mornings were too long?

2. What did Bryson say was a myth about childhood?

3. Who was Bryson's sister?

4. What appliance was treated like a treasured guest in the Bryson household?

5. What did boys charge other boys for once they discovered them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Bryson get some insight into sex?

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

4. How many siblings did Bryson have?

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

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

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

8. How did the Thunderbolt Kid get his powers and what were the circumstances of the Thunderbolt Kid getting his costume?

9. Who was The Thunderbolt Kid?

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

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