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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 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.

2. Fulghum states that every year he writes a personal statement or credo. What time of year does he say he writes this credo?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

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

4. In the gummy lump box, Fulghum can also see what scrawled in several places?
(a) The words, "I love you."
(b) The words, "Daddy" and "Mommy."
(c) The name of the cities they've lived in.
(d) The names of three children.

5. When the remnants from the fight with the Indian tribe left San Saba, where did they head back to?
(a) Fort Worth.
(b) Abilene.
(c) San Antonio.
(d) Austin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month of the year did the Indians that the soldiers were waiting for finally show up?

2. What color of tissue paper does the gummy lump box in Chapter 9 contain?

3. When the opposing tribe showed up in San Saba to fight the soldiers, what color of war paint did they wear?

4. In Chapter 10, Fulghum talks about a certain animal that mates underneath the porch of his lakeside cottage. What kind of animal is he talking about?

5. In its larval form, what does the Cassida Rubignosa beetle carry on it's back?

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