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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, School Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bryson threaten to do to Bryson when he saw the amount of absences on his report cards?
(a) Withhold his allowance.
(b) Ground him for the rest of his life.
(c) Take away his comic books.
(d) Send him to a military academy.

2. In what state did the military begin testing atomic bombs?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Utah.
(d) Montana.

3. How did life in the 1950s make people feel?
(a) They were scared of another war.
(b) Danger lurked around every corner.
(c) They lived as if there were no tomorrow.
(d) Everything was good.

4. What was an insect that rose from the ground and could fly up someone's shorts?
(a) Lightning bug.
(b) Mosquito.
(c) Cicada.
(d) Wasp.

5. What could take Bryson a whole morning to do on the weekends?
(a) Lacing his shoes properly.
(b) Mowing the lawn.
(c) Sweeping the garage.
(d) Cleaning his room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who distributed fish tainted from the radioactive ash?

2. By 1958, the average child in the United States carried ten times more _______________ than the year before.

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

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

5. What were household buying more than one of in the 1950s?

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