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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the chapter about the neighbor woman and the spider, Fulghum states that spiders have been around for how many years?
(a) 200 million years.
(b) 350 million years.
(c) 500 thousand years.
(d) 400 thousand years.

2. Fulghum states that every year he writes a personal statement or credo. What time of year does he say he writes this credo?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

3. Fulghum states hamsters, white mice, and the little seed in the Styrofoam cup still die in the end. What other thing does Fulghum mention besides these three things?
(a) Goldfish.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Horses.
(d) Dogs.

4. When Fulghum's washer and dryer quit working, where is the laundromat that he has to go to?
(a) In a strip mall by the grocery store.
(b) By the library.
(c) At the mall.
(d) Beside a local coffee shop.

5. When Fulghum talks about folding the laundry, where does he state he takes the laundry to fold it?
(a) The top of the dryer.
(b) The master bedroom bed.
(c) The family room floor.
(d) The dining room table.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fulghum is talking about yelling at objects, he claims that even doing this doesn't help.

2. What especially does Fulghum say we yell at besides bills and banks and traffic and umpires?

3. When Fulghum's neighbor starts screaming because of the spider web, Fulghum thinks she sounds like what kind of mating animal?

4. How long do the woodsmen in the Solomon Islands continue their ritual for one tree?

5. Fulghum thinks it would be a better world if we all had cookies and milk at what time?

(see the answer key)

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