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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fulghum states that laundry detergent is called something in a box. What is that something?
(a) A miracle.
(b) A cleaner.
(c) A guarantee.
(d) A magic potion.

2. After Charles Boyer's wife died in his arms, Charles died two days later. How did Charles die?
(a) He killed himself.
(b) He died in a horseback riding accident.
(c) He died of a stroke.
(d) He died of a heart attack.

3. Fulghum tells a story about a man who faced a computer with his abacus. What was this man's occupation?
(a) He was a senior clerk for a shipping company.
(b) He was the CEO of a computer manufacturing company.
(c) He was a chairman over the construction of new high rises in China.
(d) He was a woodworker.

4. What does Fulghum claim the spider is thinking about having for breakfast?
(a) Gnats.
(b) Humans.
(c) Flies.
(d) Moths.

5. 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) 400 thousand years.
(c) 350 million years.
(d) 500 thousand years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fulghum claim his next-door neighbor yelled at for most of an afternoon?

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

3. Fulghum says that no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world it is best to do what?

4. When writing about the establishment of San Saba, how many priests does Fulghum say accompanied the soldiers?

5. San Saba claims a fame of being the goat capital of the world. What other thing does the town claim to be the capitol of the world of?

(see the answer key)

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