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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what does Fulghum's neighbor give him for a Christmas present?
(a) A snow shovel.
(b) A flowerpot.
(c) A cigar case.
(d) A rake.

2. What especially does Fulghum say we yell at besides bills and banks and traffic and umpires?
(a) Kids.
(b) Professional sports.
(c) Cops.
(d) Machines.

3. What age does Fulghum claim he was before he knew that people even cleaned gutters and downspouts?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Forty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Forty-five.

4. When the opposing tribe showed up in San Saba to fight the soldiers, what color of war paint did they wear?
(a) Red, black, and yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Red and black.

5. What did the man in Chapter 16 claim was the biggest irony of all during his theory testing?
(a) That the taxi drivers in Los Angeles were concerned about his being scammed.
(b) That the taxi drivers in Boston warned him about bad taxi drivers in New York City.
(c) That several of the taxi drivers warned him that New York was full of crooks and to be careful.
(d) That Chicago was full of beggars who really had a lot of money to begin with.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city did the man test the theory that no one can be trusted in Chapter 16?

2. What two things does Fulghum say he has and would stack up against a food processor any day?

3. In the Solomon Islands, the villagers practice a unique form of what?

4. When Fulghum speaks of the gummy lump, he states that there are three colors of construction paper that are used: pink, red, and what?

5. Fulghum says that the neighbor lady thinks the spider is as big as what?

(see the answer key)

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