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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. What did Bryson and his friends make a little neighborhood kid eat once as an experiment?
(a) Kitty litter.
(b) Mud.
(c) Red berries in the backyard.
(d) Matches.

2. Where did Bryson and his mother go for pie after the movies?
(a) Waffle House.
(b) Maguire's.
(c) Toddle House.
(d) Frisch's.

3. In what year was Bryson born?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1960.

4. What did Bryson, Buddy and Bill do to the Lincoln Logs to turn them white?
(a) Urinated on them.
(b) Painted them.
(c) Soaked them in bleach.
(d) Rubbed lemons on them.

5. 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 bolts of electricity into his back.
(c) Tripped him and made him fall.
(d) Sent laster beams into his eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What craft looked like fun at first but ended up being messy and frustrating?

2. Who did a huge belly flop off the diving board while on the outing?

3. Bryson's favorite candies were almost always made of ______________.

4. What disease was a major concern during the 1950s?

5. How many children under the age of 12 were living in the mid-1950s in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe a typical experience of Bryson's family stopping to see his mother's family every time they went on vacation.

2. What were some of the regulations about sex in the 1950s?

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

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

5. What were the results on children of the U.S. bomb testings and what happened when the tests were moved underground?

6. Describe the events at the lake and why this was one of the best days of Bryson's life?

7. Who was The Thunderbolt Kid?

8. What behaviors did teenagers exhibit in the 1950s?

9. What was the only real danger in town and how did the Thunderbolt Kid take care of the situation?

10. Describe the albino Lincoln Logs experience.

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