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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What especially does Fulghum say we yell at besides bills and banks and traffic and umpires?
(a) Cops.
(b) Kids.
(c) Professional sports.
(d) Machines.

2. In the chapter about the neighbor woman and the spider, Fulghum states that spiders have been around for how many years?
(a) 500 thousand years.
(b) 400 thousand years.
(c) 350 million years.
(d) 200 million years.

3. What song does Fulghum claim his neighbor lady reminded him of?
(a) "London Bridge Is Falling Down.'
(b) "Old McDonald Had a Farm."
(c) "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."
(d) "The Eensy-Weensy Spider."

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

5. When Fulghum talks about waiting for a repair man in Chapter 2, how long does Fulghum claim you would have to stay home for?
(a) Thirty-six hours.
(b) Thirteen hours.
(c) Forty hours.
(d) Twenty-four hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Fulghum states that laundry detergent is called something in a box. What is that something?

3. When Fulghum talks about folding the laundry, where does he state he takes the laundry to fold it?

4. When do the woodsmen in the Solomon Islands creep up on a tree?

5. When Fulghum's neighbor starts screaming because of the spider web, Fulghum thinks she sounds like what kind of mating animal?

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