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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 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?
(a) Wine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Puke.
(d) Blood.

2. When the opposing tribe showed up in San Saba to fight the soldiers, what color of war paint did they wear?
(a) Red and black.
(b) Black.
(c) Red, black, and yellow.
(d) Red.

3. After Charles Boyer's wife died in his arms, Charles died two days later. How did Charles die?
(a) He killed himself.
(b) He died of a heart attack.
(c) He died of a stroke.
(d) He died in a horseback riding accident.

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

5. 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 cat.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) A seagull.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does Fulghum claim his next-door neighbor yelled at for most of an afternoon?

4. On August 24, where are the military units from that enter Angola in an offensive against the black nationalist guerrillas?

5. Charles Boyer sat by his wife's bedside to provide her with hope and cheer day and night for how long?

(see the answer key)

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