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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Hot air balloons.
(b) Trampolines.
(c) Extension ladders.
(d) Long ropes.

3. What does Fulghum claim is a blow to his self-image in Chapter 34?
(a) Moving.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Housework.
(d) Yard work.

4. What kind of shoes was the man wearing who had a car with a dead battery?
(a) Tennis shoes.
(b) Cowboy boots.
(c) Basketball high-tops.
(d) Flip-flops.

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

6. In Chapter 30, what does Fulghum claim he filled his class room ankle deep with?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Shredded paper.
(c) Dandelions.
(d) Dirt.

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

8. What two things did Beethoven want to be?
(a) A violinist and virtuoso pianist.
(b) A virtuoso pianist and a singer.
(c) A singer and violinist.
(d) A painter and a singer.

9. Fulghum remembers eating chocolate cookies and drinking sweet milk. What does he say they drank the milk out of?
(a) Tin cups.
(b) Mason jars.
(c) A big mug.
(d) The carton.

10. What kind of fantasy does Fulghum have that he talks about in Chapter 20?
(a) A relaxing on the beach with a margarita fantasy.
(b) The perfect day and perfect kid fantasy.
(c) The stick-polishing fantasy.
(d) The no yard work and no bills fantasy.

11. What was the total population of the earth during the time of Julius Caesar?
(a) 210 million.
(b) 150 million.
(c) 160 million.
(d) 200 million.

12. The man who has a car with a dead battery says he took another class the same time as his auto mechanics class. What class does he say he took at the same time as his mechanics class?
(a) Sex education.
(b) P.E.
(c) Home economics.
(d) Math.

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

14. What kind of shoes is the Indian wearing who enters the tavern?
(a) Cowboy boots.
(b) Tap shoes.
(c) Tennis shoes.
(d) Work boots.

15. Why does Fulghum's neighbor say he puts up with Fulghum's yard?
(a) Because Fulghum cooks better chili and has better power tools.
(b) Because Fulghum gets him into the country club for free.
(c) Because he can just come over and do Fulghum's yard work for him.
(d) Because he can't see Fulghum's yard very well anyway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is contained on the tablet that is in the British Museum that Fulghum mentions in Chapter 32?

2. Fulghum keeps a list of mysteries that he doesn't understand. One of the mysteries that Fulghum talks about is about how one wheel has a mind of it's own on what?

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?

4. Fulghum talks about a balloon that came from the gardens of Versailles carrying three things. What were those three things?

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

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