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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 Chapter 9, what does Fulghum claim he thinks about every morning as he dresses?
(a) The gummy lump box.
(b) His wife and how hard she works.
(c) His kids.
(d) The kind of lunch he will have in the afternoon.

2. 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?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Educated.
(c) Enlightened.
(d) Simple.

3. What school supply does Fulghum claim tastes like what the little white hearts taste like?
(a) Sidewalk chalk.
(b) Pencil lead.
(c) Crayons.
(d) White library paste.

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

5. Fulghum tells the reader that goats are really cheap in San Saba and you can buy one for about how much?
(a) $15.
(b) $20.
(c) $30.
(d) $25.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two words of wisdom does Fulghum's lawyer friend tell him?

2. When Fulghum talks about the dances after the goat roping events, he says he could sit by the river and eat what kind of sandwich?

3. In the gummy lump box, Fulghum can also see what scrawled in several places?

4. At the end of Chapter 4, Fulghum claims that words will do what?

5. At the end of Chapter 12, what does Fulghum claim would make a good bumper sticker for the eighties?

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