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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Fulghum opens the carton that contains the cuckoo clock to assemble, how many bags of parts does he retrieve?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

2. What does Franklin retort to the bystander who asked what good the balloon was?
(a) "What good is imagination?"
(b) "What good is a bunch of hot air?"
(c) "What good is a newborn baby?"
(d) "What good is a new invention?"

3. When Fulghum talks about the dances after the goat roping events, he says he could sit by the river and eat what kind of sandwich?
(a) Ham and swiss cheese.
(b) Baloney and white bread.
(c) Turkey and avocado.
(d) Tuna and rye bread.

4. 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 buy beer.
(c) To eat a good home cooked meal.
(d) To find peace and quiet.

5. What kind of vest does the Indian wear who enters the tavern in Chapter 35?
(a) Beaded.
(b) Leather.
(c) Sheep's skin.
(d) Checkered.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fulghum's washer and dryer quit working, where is the laundromat that he has to go to?

2. What was painted on the balloon that Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier got to ride in?

3. In Chapter 31, Fulghum claims that Beethoven defied his fate with what?

4. What kind of shoes is the Indian wearing who enters the tavern?

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

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