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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 have to do three nights a week for his job?
(a) Collect subscription money.
(b) Spray out garbage cans.
(c) Wax floors.
(d) Clean tables.

2. At whose house was Bryson playing when he broke the body part in #133?
(a) Arthur Bergen's.
(b) Duke Collins'.
(c) Buddy Miller's.
(d) Eddie Corcoran's.

3. In which town did the people in #121 live?
(a) Dubuque.
(b) Omaha.
(c) Butte.
(d) Winfield.

4. What was the coldest part of Bryson's grandparents' house?
(a) The sleeping porch.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The attic.
(d) The cellar.

5. In what year did Bryson's father die?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1999.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bryson decide that he liked better than the item in #116?

2. What killed the elm trees in Des Moines at the end of the 1950s?

3. Why did Bryson and his friends play inside most of the time?

4. What were Bryson's favorite books?

5. What was the one constant in the potluck suppers in town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the adult Bryson recall about what happened to his parents and friends?

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

3. What were the circumstances when, for the second time, Bryson realized that adults could not be trusted?

4. What did Bryson buy with his newspaper route money and what other interest did he develop at this time?

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

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

7. What did Bryson usually do when he spent time at his grandparents' home?

8. What was the recovery process for Bryson's broken leg?

9. Describe the scenario of sleeping on his grandparents' sleeping porch in the winter.

10. What happened to The Thunderbolt Kid's sacred jersey?

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