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

2. Why did Bryson think that Sunday mornings were too long?
(a) He wasn't allowed to sleep in.
(b) He waited for the TV programs to start.
(c) He had to do his paper route.
(d) He had to go to church.

3. What did Bryson's mother serve at every meal even though Bryson did not like it?
(a) Cottage cheese.
(b) Salad.
(c) Milk.
(d) Butter.

4. What did boys charge other boys for once they discovered them?
(a) Holes in walls where undressed women could be seen.
(b) Risque postcards.
(c) Porn magazines.
(d) X-rated movies.

5. In what unusual place did Bryson's father practice his exercise?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Churches.
(c) Bathroom stalls.
(d) Hardware stores.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was outlawed in almost every state?

2. What was another natural threat during Bryson's childhood days?

3. What was the name of the novelty and joke store Bryson used to frequent?

4. How did life in the 1950s make people feel?

5. Where was a bigger bomb dropped on March 1, 1954?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Joseph R. McCarthy and what was his role in the fear of Communism that spread across America?

4. Who was The Thunderbolt Kid?

5. Where did Bryson's father work and what were some of the perks of the job?

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

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

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

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

10. What particular times were especially long for kids?

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