The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Test | Final Test - Easy

Bill Bryson
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Test | Final Test - Easy

Bill Bryson
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bryson wrote about which relatives in Chapter 10?
(a) Aunts.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Grandparents.
(d) Brothers.

2. In what year was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1973.

3. Where was Bryson sent quite a bit as punishment?
(a) The cloakroom.
(b) The Principal's office.
(c) The AV room.
(d) Home.

4. What did Bryson discover about his mother from her college days?
(a) She was an exchange student.
(b) She was editor of the school newspaper.
(c) She was prom queen.
(d) She was the National Honor Society president.

5. Which friend got Bryson into the strippers' tent?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Doug.
(c) Milton Milton.
(d) Jed.

6. Even though the year in #157 was a happy one, who was still excluded from many places in America?
(a) African Americans.
(b) Jews.
(c) Women.
(d) Veterans.

7. Which of the following did Bryson always forget to bring to school?
(a) His homework assignment.
(b) His signed report card.
(c) His lunch.
(d) Valentine's cards for the class.

8. Students at the high school became preoccupied with _____________.
(a) drinking.
(b) marijuana.
(c) LSD.
(d) smoking.

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

10. Why did Bryson and his friends play inside most of the time?
(a) It was almost always winter.
(b) It was too hot to stay outside.
(c) They watched TV all the time.
(d) There was more to do inside.

11. What did Bryson decide that he liked better than the item in #116?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Girls.
(d) Books.

12. Where were the students supposed to go during the exercise in #107?
(a) Under their desks.
(b) The basement.
(c) The cloakroom.
(d) The auditorium.

13. What subject did Bryson especially like?
(a) Reading.
(b) Spelling.
(c) Math.
(d) Geography.

14. 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.

15. In what year did the Thunderbolt Kid's sacred jersey meet its fate?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only former member of the club in #164 who was allowed to remain?

2. Research in the late 1950s indicated that ___________ caused cancer.

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

4. In what year did the first shopping mall open in Des Moines?

5. What did Bryson and his friends do at the venue in #149?

(see the answer keys)

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