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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 talks about a balloon that came from the gardens of Versailles carrying three things. What were those three things?
(a) A chicken, a goat, and a goose.
(b) A cat, a duck, and a hamster.
(c) A sheep, a rooster, and a duck.
(d) A dog, a calf, and a rat.

2. What does Fulghum say his barber did on his days off?
(a) He gave free haircuts to children in an orphanage.
(b) He gave free haircuts to old men in a nursing home.
(c) He gave free haircuts to people in his church group.
(d) He gave free haircuts to his clients' children.

3. Fulghum says that if the population of the earth were to increase at the present rate, then by what year would the total mass of humans be equal to the mass of the earth?
(a) 2590.
(b) 2550.
(c) 3500.
(d) 3530.

4. What kind of insect does the Cassida Rubignosa have to defend itself from in the book?
(a) An ant.
(b) A ladybug.
(c) A grasshopper.
(d) A praying mantis.

5. In Chapter 34, Fulghum claims that the majority of stuff comes from two sources. What are these sources he is speaking of?
(a) People and meteorites.
(b) Animals and bugs.
(c) Plants and animals.
(d) People and animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fulghum is at the laundromat, he hears a college kid explain to a friend how to get something off a suede jacket. What does the kid talk about getting off of a suede jacket?

2. What crayon name does Fulghum say is the only crayon name that has been changed?

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

4. What is Charles Boyer's wife named?

5. In Chapter 15, what game does Fulghum claim he likes better than hide-and-seek?

(see the answer key)

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