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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 34-43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Fulghum's neighbor starts screaming because of the spider web, Fulghum thinks she sounds like what kind of mating animal?
(a) A raccoon.
(b) A cat.
(c) A stork.
(d) A seagull.

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

3. Fulghum says that he's been know to shake his fist and yell at what?
(a) His car.
(b) The sky.
(c) Bad drivers.
(d) His dog.

4. 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) Katydids.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Sandhill cranes.
(d) Spring frogs.

5. In the story of San Saba, Fulghum tells us that two thousand people from a certain tribe showed up to fight the soldiers and priests. What tribe did they come from?
(a) Comanche.
(b) Apache.
(c) Ute.
(d) Cherokee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fulghum tells a story about a man who faced a computer with his abacus. What was this man's occupation?

2. At the end of Chapter 12, what does Fulghum claim would make a good bumper sticker for the eighties?

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

4. Fulghum's lawyer friend travels with his two eighteen-year-old girls and what kind of animal?

5. What is Fulghum's neighbor's philosophy of life in Chapter 22?

(see the answer key)

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