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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fulghum say can be bought for 35 cents at Bob Everette's Drugstore?
(a) A flavored coffee.
(b) A package of famous pecans.
(c) A Coke float.
(d) A Moon Pie.

2. When Fulghum tells of taking a walk after eating at the Alamo Cafe, he walks along the edge of the river and says all he can hear is crickets and what else?
(a) Spring frogs.
(b) Katydids.
(c) Sandhill cranes.
(d) Mosquitoes.

3. What did the soldiers and priests build in San Saba to accommodate them?
(a) A fort and a mission chapel.
(b) A fort.
(c) A fort, a mission chapel, and a shooting range.
(d) A mission chapel.

4. In Chapter 5 about the abacus, Fulghum claims there are millions of people that still use the abacus. Where are these people located?
(a) Europe.
(b) Asia.
(c) South America.
(d) North America.

5. 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 a chairman over the construction of new high rises in China.
(c) He was a woodworker.
(d) He was the CEO of a computer manufacturing company.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fulghum claim the spider is thinking about having for breakfast?

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

3. While the soldiers and priests in San Saba waited for the Indians to show up, how did they bide their time?

4. When the remnants from the fight with the Indian tribe left San Saba, where did they head back to?

5. Fulghum states that inspiration for brevity came from a particular place. What was this place?

(see the answer key)

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