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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 44-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Fulghum talks about the people that are always prepared and organized in Chapter 20, what object does he say these people have that work and they actually know where they are?
(a) Smoke detector.
(b) Jumper cables.
(c) Fire extinguisher.
(d) Flashlight.

2. When Fulghum tells the story of Nicolai Pestretsov, how old does he say the sergeant major is?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Thirty-one.
(c) Thirty-six.
(d) Forty-two.

3. In Chapter 27, Fulghum tells the reader that he knows what he wants for Christmas and he's known since he was forty. What is it that Fulghum wants?
(a) An abacus to count on with his grandchildren.
(b) A barber's chair so his wife can cut his hair.
(c) A wooden bench to rest on.
(d) Wind-up mechanical toys.

4. What is Fulghum's neighbor's philosophy of life in Chapter 22?
(a) "We're all in it together."
(b) "We all need love from someone."
(c) "We all need to feel protected."
(d) "We're all gamblers."

5. Whom does Fulghum quote in Chapter 50 as saying, "Everything you can imagine is real"?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Mother Teresa.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Einstein.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Fulghum, where is all the software needed to run an abacus?

2. Fulghum thinks it would be a better world if we all had cookies and milk at what time?

3. What did the soldiers and priests build in San Saba to accommodate them?

4. When Fulghum buys a cuckoo clock he missed reading that it was made where?

5. Fulghum claims that he and his wife have become what type of junkies?

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