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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony does Fulghum want to play?
(a) The kettledrum part.
(b) The french horn part.
(c) The cymbal part.
(d) The violin part.

2. 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?
(a) 3500.
(b) 2550.
(c) 2590.
(d) 3530.

3. How many years was Charles Boyer married to his wife?
(a) Forty-four.
(b) Thirty-nine.
(c) Forty-seven.
(d) Fifty-two.

4. What is the name of the deaf boy who asks to rake Fulghum's yard?
(a) Donnie.
(b) Desmond.
(c) Derek.
(d) Danny.

5. In Chapter 44, what baseball player does the rabbi use as an object lesson for the man?
(a) Cy Young.
(b) Ty Cobb.
(c) Babe Ruth.
(d) Phil Rizzuto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fulghum claims it's too bad that the villagers on the Solomon Islands don't have the advantages of modern technology and what kind of mind?

2. In Chapter 19, what does Fulghum catch his neighbor spraying in his yard?

3. What city did the man test the theory that no one can be trusted in Chapter 16?

4. What especially does Fulghum say we yell at besides bills and banks and traffic and umpires?

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

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