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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In its larval form, what does the Cassida Rubignosa beetle carry on it's back?
(a) Its meals to eat.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Its mother.
(d) A small sack of garbage.

2. While the soldiers and priests in San Saba waited for the Indians to show up, how did they bide their time?
(a) They practiced their shooting.
(b) They made up stories and songs.
(c) They swam in the river and ran races.
(d) They wrote journals.

3. According to Fulghum, where is all the software needed to run an abacus?
(a) Between your ears.
(b) In a book.
(c) In your fingers.
(d) Under your nose.

4. When Fulghum tells of dancing after the goat roping rodeo, he talks of dancing and hoping to God that you don't do what?
(a) Dance too awkwardly.
(b) Fall over.
(c) Kiss the wrong girl.
(d) Throw up.

5. In the beginning of Chapter 9, Fulghum talks about seeing a man setting up a display in a store window. What holiday is the man setting up for?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Valentine's Day.

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. What especially does Fulghum say we yell at besides bills and banks and traffic and umpires?

3. In the story of the town of San Saba, Fulghum tells of something that is creating a big excitement in town. Who creates this excitement?

4. What does Fulghum claim the spider is thinking about having for breakfast?

5. Charles' wife discovers she has cancer where?

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