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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

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 stork.
(b) A raccoon.
(c) A cat.
(d) A seagull.

2. Charles Boyer sat by his wife's bedside to provide her with hope and cheer day and night for how long?
(a) Fifty days.
(b) Ten months.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Six months.

3. What does Fulghum say can be bought for 35 cents at Bob Everette's Drugstore?
(a) A Coke float.
(b) A package of famous pecans.
(c) A flavored coffee.
(d) A Moon Pie.

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

5. In Fulghum's list of rules in the first chapter, he says you should wash your hands before doing what?
(a) Feeding the hungry.
(b) Playing a game.
(c) Eating.
(d) Drinking your milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years was Charles Boyer married to his wife?

2. Fulghum states that inspiration for brevity came from a particular place. What was this place?

3. Fulghum states that every year he writes a personal statement or credo. What time of year does he say he writes this credo?

4. When Fulghum's washer and dryer quit working, where is the laundromat that he has to go to?

5. According to Fulghum, where is all the software needed to run an abacus?

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