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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after Beethoven went completely deaf, did he finish the Ninth Symphony?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

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

3. Fulghum states that inspiration for brevity came from a particular place. What was this place?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) The gasoline station.
(c) The local farmer's market.
(d) The barbershop.

4. What color of Mercedes does Fulghum claim feels like him?
(a) Onyx black.
(b) Crisp white.
(c) Silver gray.
(d) Dark blue.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of pickup truck does Fulghum remember riding home in on a summer's eve?

2. When Fulghum writes his personal beliefs down, how many pages does he try to fill?

3. In Chapter 27, Fulghum speaks of a grumpy-looking man who has come down with a full-blown case of what?

4. Fulghum claims it's too bad that the villagers on the Solomon Islands don't have the advantages of modern technology and what kind of mind?

5. What two words of wisdom does Fulghum's lawyer friend tell him?

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