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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age was Beethoven completely deaf?
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty-six.
(c) Forty-eight.
(d) Thirty-nine.

2. At the end of Chapter 12, what does Fulghum claim would make a good bumper sticker for the eighties?
(a) "I may be wrong."
(b) "I can fix it."
(c) "Love and learn."
(d) "Don't look now."

3. How much does the boy charge who asks to rake Fulghum's yard?
(a) $5 an hour.
(b) $1 an hour.
(c) $1 a yard.
(d) $5 a yard.

4. Fulghum tells the nice lady on the phone in Chapter 31 that he has depression lows that are so low he needs what to get out of them?
(a) Long ropes.
(b) Extension ladders.
(c) Trampolines.
(d) Hot air balloons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Fulghum says that if the population of the earth were to increase at the present rate, then by what year would the total mass of humans be equal to the mass of the earth?

2. What type of laundry detergent does Fulghum claim he uses?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 9, Fulghum talks about seeing a man setting up a display in a store window. What holiday is the man setting up for?

4. When Fulghum is at the laundromat, he hears a college kid explain to a friend how to get something off a suede jacket. What does the kid talk about getting off of a suede jacket?

5. When the grumpy-looking man picks up his little gift and starts to walk toward the garbage, Fulghum mentions that it looks as if the man is carrying what?

(see the answer key)

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