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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 time do the animals under Fulghum's porch chose to mate in Chapter 10?
(a) 5 a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 4 p.m.
(d) 3 a.m.

2. After Charles Boyer's wife died in his arms, Charles died two days later. How did Charles die?
(a) He killed himself.
(b) He died of a heart attack.
(c) He died in a horseback riding accident.
(d) He died of a stroke.

3. What age does Fulghum claim he was before he knew that people even cleaned gutters and downspouts?
(a) Forty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Forty-five.

4. In Fulghum's list of rules in the first chapter, he says you should wash your hands before doing what?
(a) Feeding the hungry.
(b) Eating.
(c) Drinking your milk.
(d) Playing a game.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Fulghum talks about a balloon that came from the gardens of Versailles carrying three things. What were those three things?

2. When writing about the establishment of San Saba, how many priests does Fulghum say accompanied the soldiers?

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

4. When the man in Chapter 16 was testing his theory on whether you can trust people, how many taxi drivers out of thirty-seven cheated him?

5. When Fulghum's neighbor starts screaming because of the spider web, Fulghum thinks she sounds like what kind of mating animal?

(see the answer key)

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