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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the tavern that Fulghum talks about visiting in Chapter 35?
(a) The Buffalo Tavern.
(b) The Mooncrest Tavern.
(c) The Hillbillie Tavern.
(d) The Lowrider Tavern.

2. What did the man in Chapter 16 claim was the biggest irony of all during his theory testing?
(a) That Chicago was full of beggars who really had a lot of money to begin with.
(b) That the taxi drivers in Boston warned him about bad taxi drivers in New York City.
(c) That the taxi drivers in Los Angeles were concerned about his being scammed.
(d) That several of the taxi drivers warned him that New York was full of crooks and to be careful.

3. In Chapter 26, Fulghum talks about playing giants, wizards, and dwarfs with how many children?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Fifty.

4. Fulghum has a hero named Larry Walters. What does Larry Walters do for a living?
(a) He's a truck driver.
(b) He's a car salesman.
(c) He's a grocery manager.
(d) He's a lawyer.

5. In Chapter 21, what does Fulghum's neighbor give him for a Christmas present?
(a) A snow shovel.
(b) A cigar case.
(c) A rake.
(d) A flowerpot.

6. How old were the two cousins that Fulghum remembers riding home with in the back of a pickup truck?
(a) Eight.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

7. In Chapter 19, what does Fulghum catch his neighbor spraying in his yard?
(a) Fruit trees.
(b) Bugs.
(c) Car.
(d) Dandelions.

8. When Fulghum takes his shoes to Elias Schwartz, what does Elias Schwartz send home in each shoe?
(a) A chocolate candy bar.
(b) A chocolate-chip cookie.
(c) A shoehorn.
(d) A measuring tape.

9. In Chapter 34, Fulghum claims that the majority of stuff comes from two sources. What are these sources he is speaking of?
(a) Animals and bugs.
(b) Plants and animals.
(c) People and animals.
(d) People and meteorites.

10. Fulghum explains that his real estate agent means a shack with a view when he says what word?
(a) Cute.
(b) Simple.
(c) Charm.
(d) Cozy.

11. What was painted on the balloon that Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier got to ride in?
(a) The king's monogram.
(b) Signs of the zodiac, the king's monogram, and Rozier's favorite flower.
(c) Signs of the zodiac and the king's monogram.
(d) Signs of the zodiac.

12. What does Fulghum claim is the main objective of people who go to the tavern in Chapter 35?
(a) To listen to the live band.
(b) To eat some grub.
(c) To drink away their sorrows.
(d) To dance.

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

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

15. In Chapter 31, Fulghum says he speaks to a nice lady on the phone who says she has a cold since when?
(a) September 1st.
(b) December 4th.
(c) October 2nd.
(d) November 3rd.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tablet is in the British Museum that Fulghum mentions in Chapter 32?

2. In Chapter 16, what is the name of the man who tested the theory that you can't trust anyone?

3. What kind of fantasy does Fulghum have that he talks about in Chapter 20?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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