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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Pursuit of Pleasure.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Bryson and his mother go for pie after the movies?
(a) Waffle House.
(b) Frisch's.
(c) Maguire's.
(d) Toddle House.

3. Where did Bryson get to accompany his father on business-related trips?
(a) Museums.
(b) Business openings.
(c) Major League ballgames.
(d) Printing plants.

4. In what year was Bryson born?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1951.

5. What did Bryson say was a myth about childhood?
(a) Time goes by fast.
(b) Any Christmas gift is the best.
(c) Every day is an adventure.
(d) Every birthday is happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what decade of American life did Bryson write in this book?

2. What unusual physical characteristic did Bryson's uncle have?

3. Where did the Brysons spend Christmas of 1960?

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

5. Who was the Thunderbolt Kid?

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