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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 34-43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fulghum tells the reader that he visited San Saba to court a lady, but even after he and the lady were over he still went there for what reason?
(a) To work at a local store.
(b) To eat a good home cooked meal.
(c) To buy beer.
(d) To find peace and quiet.

2. What does Fulghum claim is a blow to his self-image in Chapter 34?
(a) Yard work.
(b) Moving.
(c) Housework.
(d) Gardening.

3. Fulghum describes the bus of his lawyer friend as decorated like the set for what?
(a) "Little Shop of Horrors."
(b) "Beauty and the Beast."
(c) "Alice in Wonderland."
(d) "Romeo and Juliet."

4. What part in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony does Fulghum want to play?
(a) The cymbal part.
(b) The violin part.
(c) The kettledrum part.
(d) The french horn part.

5. What two things does Fulghum say he has and would stack up against a food processor any day?
(a) A butchers knife and a wooden block.
(b) A metal peeler and a ceramic dish.
(c) A pair of kitchen shears and a metal mixing bowl.
(d) A wooden bowl and chipping knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of pickup truck does Fulghum remember riding home in on a summer's eve?

2. Fulghum has a hero named Larry Walters. What does Larry Walters do for a living?

3. When Fulghum is talking about the stuff that is found in our homes, what kind of chunks does he say are found in the stuff?

4. What time do the animals under Fulghum's porch chose to mate in Chapter 10?

5. In Chapter 30, what does Fulghum claim he filled his class room ankle deep with?

(see the answer key)

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