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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fulghum says that the neighbor lady thinks the spider is as big as what?
(a) A cat.
(b) A lobster.
(c) A bat.
(d) A bird.

2. What does Franklin retort to the bystander who asked what good the balloon was?
(a) "What good is imagination?"
(b) "What good is a new invention?"
(c) "What good is a bunch of hot air?"
(d) "What good is a newborn baby?"

3. 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) Ute.
(c) Apache.
(d) Cherokee.

4. Where does Fulghum claim wisdom is found?
(a) On the top of the graduate school mountain.
(b) In the kindergarten classroom.
(c) At the dinner table at home.
(d) In the sand pile at Sunday school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of insect does the Cassida Rubignosa have to defend itself from in the book?

2. What is the name of the deaf boy who asks to rake Fulghum's yard?

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

4. When Fulghum sees his neighbor lady coming out her front door, what kind of mode does she say she is in?

5. Fulghum tells the reader that goats are really cheap in San Saba and you can buy one for about how much?

(see the answer key)

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