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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fulghum claim is the main objective of people who go to the tavern in Chapter 35?
(a) To dance.
(b) To eat some grub.
(c) To listen to the live band.
(d) To drink away their sorrows.

2. What two things did Beethoven want to be?
(a) A virtuoso pianist and a singer.
(b) A violinist and virtuoso pianist.
(c) A singer and violinist.
(d) A painter and a singer.

3. When Fulghum experiences his solace from depression, where does he lie down?
(a) In his yard on the lawn.
(b) In a hammock.
(c) On his bed.
(d) On the floor.

4. What part in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony does Fulghum want to play?
(a) The kettledrum part.
(b) The violin part.
(c) The french horn part.
(d) The cymbal part.

5. In Chapter 23, when Fulghum finds out that his barber has left, what does Fulghum say it feels like?
(a) A death in the family.
(b) A loss of a dear friend.
(c) An absence in his heart.
(d) A dead phone line.

6. When Fulghum is talking about the stuff that is found in our homes, what kind of chunks does he say are found in the stuff?
(a) Pet hair chunks.
(b) People chunks.
(c) Food chunks.
(d) Bug chunks.

7. What is contained on the tablet that is in the British Museum that Fulghum mentions in Chapter 32?
(a) A list of laws.
(b) A drawing of a family.
(c) A obituary report.
(d) A census report.

8. At what age was Beethoven completely deaf?
(a) Forty.
(b) Forty-eight.
(c) Thirty-six.
(d) Thirty-nine.

9. In Chapter 36, what is the profession of the man who has the car with the dead battery?
(a) P.E. teacher.
(b) English teacher.
(c) Science teacher.
(d) Math teacher.

10. What kind of vest does the Indian wear who enters the tavern in Chapter 35?
(a) Sheep's skin.
(b) Checkered.
(c) Leather.
(d) Beaded.

11. When Fulghum buys a cuckoo clock he missed reading that it was made where?
(a) Columbia.
(b) South Korea.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Germany.

12. Fulghum says that if the population of the earth were to increase at the present rate, then by what year would the total mass of humans be equal to the mass of the earth?
(a) 3500.
(b) 2590.
(c) 2550.
(d) 3530.

13. In Chapter 27, Fulghum speaks of a grumpy-looking man who has come down with a full-blown case of what?
(a) The grumps.
(b) Scrooge-itis.
(c) Leave-me-the-hell-alone-itis.
(d) Grump-itis.

14. What kind of shoes was the man wearing who had a car with a dead battery?
(a) Basketball high-tops.
(b) Tennis shoes.
(c) Flip-flops.
(d) Cowboy boots.

15. At the end of Chapter 36, Fulghum receives a present in the mail from Nampa, Idaho. What is the gift that he receives?
(a) Jumper cables.
(b) A map of Idaho.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) A baseball hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, what is the name of Fulghum's neighbor who lives up the hill from him?

2. What was the total population of the earth during the time of Julius Caesar?

3. When Fulghum takes his shoes to Elias Schwartz, what does Elias Schwartz send home in each shoe?

4. What kind of fantasy does Fulghum have that he talks about in Chapter 20?

5. Fulghum states that he has heightened respect for what goes on in the nooks and crannies of our rooms and claims that it isn't dirt that is located there, it's what?

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