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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Age of Excitement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children under the age of 12 were living in the mid-1950s in America?
(a) 903,000.
(b) 123 million.
(c) 7 million.
(d) 32 million.

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

3. What became the joy of every family in the 1950s?
(a) Television.
(b) Ice cream makers.
(c) Subdivisions.
(d) Diners.

4. Why did Bryson hate going to the dentist?
(a) He had a mean nurse.
(b) He was too slow.
(c) He had bad breath.
(d) He did not use Novocaine.

5. Who was the doctor who made a house call to tend to Bryson's head injury?
(a) Dr. Bigelow.
(b) Dr. Alzheimer.
(c) Dr. Morton.
(d) Dr. Kerrigan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the cafeteria where the Brysons enjoyed having meals?

2. What was a household item that people were buying in the 1950s?

3. What did Bryson and his friends make a little neighborhood kid eat once as an experiment?

4. Who was Bryson's sister?

5. For what characteristic was Bryson's father known?

(see the answer key)

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