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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 feel about where he grew up?
(a) He was happy to be in a good city.
(b) He was bored to tears.
(c) He hated it.
(d) He didn't feel one way or the other about it.

2. What were Bryson's favorite books?
(a) Dick and Jane books.
(b) The Adventures of Aqua Man.
(c) Clifford the Dog.
(d) Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

3. None of the rides at the amusement park in #145 had ____________.
(a) lights.
(b) timers.
(c) seat belts.
(d) music.

4. In what year did the first shopping mall open in Des Moines?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1965.

5. Which friend went to college in California?
(a) Jed Mattes.
(b) Buddy Doberman.
(c) Milton Milton.
(d) Chuck Morrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weather condition was a threat to the area?

2. What was Bryson's parents' response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

3. Bryson wrote about which relatives in Chapter 10?

4. What was Bill's reaction after the Cuban Missile Crisis?

5. What did Bryson love about the town in #122?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the very long winter season impact the school children?

2. Where did Bryson's grandparents live and what did he love about the place?

3. Describe the situation in which Bryson realized he could not trust adults.

4. What were Bryson's favorite books in school and why did he like them?

5. Describe the Audio Visual Club and why the boys were anxious to join.

6. What were some of the unpleasant issues Americans faced in 1957 even though the Gallup organization claimed it was a very happy year?

7. How did the Bryson family end up staying in a hotel in Harlem?

8. What did the adult Bryson recall about the Des Moines of his youth?

9. Describe the events surrounding Bryson's finally getting into the strippers' tent at the state fair.

10. What changes were occurring in Des Moines as the 1950s came to a close?

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