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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the man in Chapter 16 claim was the biggest irony of all during his theory testing?
(a) That the taxi drivers in Los Angeles were concerned about his being scammed.
(b) That the taxi drivers in Boston warned him about bad taxi drivers in New York City.
(c) That several of the taxi drivers warned him that New York was full of crooks and to be careful.
(d) That Chicago was full of beggars who really had a lot of money to begin with.

2. When Fulghum speaks of the gummy lump, he states that there are three colors of construction paper that are used: pink, red, and what?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Orange.
(d) Purple.

3. In the Solomon Islands, the villagers practice a unique form of what?
(a) Plowing.
(b) Logging.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Baking.

4. In Chapter 36, what is the profession of the man who has the car with the dead battery?
(a) English teacher.
(b) Science teacher.
(c) P.E. teacher.
(d) Math teacher.

5. Fulghum says that he's been know to shake his fist and yell at what?
(a) Bad drivers.
(b) His car.
(c) His dog.
(d) The sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fulghum is finished eating his chicken-friend steak in San Saba, what flavor of toothpick does he use?

2. How old were the two cousins that Fulghum remembers riding home with in the back of a pickup truck?

3. What school supply does Fulghum claim tastes like what the little white hearts taste like?

4. At the end of Chapter 36, Fulghum receives a present in the mail from Nampa, Idaho. What is the gift that he receives?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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