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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of tablet is in the British Museum that Fulghum mentions in Chapter 32?
(a) Clay.
(b) Wood.
(c) Stone.
(d) Leaf.

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

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

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

5. At the end of Chapter 36, Fulghum receives a present in the mail from Nampa, Idaho. What is the gift that he receives?
(a) A map of Idaho.
(b) Twenty dollars.
(c) A baseball hat.
(d) Jumper cables.

6. Fulghum states that he has heightened respect for what goes on in the nooks and crannies of our rooms and claims that it isn't dirt that is located there, it's what?
(a) Animal sheddings.
(b) Plant cells.
(c) People dust.
(d) Cosmic compost.

7. 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?
(a) A car.
(b) A go-cart.
(c) A grocery cart.
(d) A stroller.

8. Why does Fulghum's neighbor say he puts up with Fulghum's yard?
(a) Because Fulghum gets him into the country club for free.
(b) Because Fulghum cooks better chili and has better power tools.
(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.

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

10. In Chapter 31, Fulghum claims that Beethoven defied his fate with what?
(a) Joy.
(b) Jubilation.
(c) Magnificence.
(d) Music.

11. Fulghum describes his neighbor's yard as looking like a combination golf course and what else?
(a) Arboretum.
(b) Butterfly house.
(c) Botanical garden.
(d) Greenhouse.

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

13. When the grumpy-looking man picks up his little gift and starts to walk toward the garbage, Fulghum mentions that it looks as if the man is carrying what?
(a) A moldy piece of stinky cheese.
(b) An old head of cabbage.
(c) A poopy diaper.
(d) A dead roach.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Fulghum has a hero named Larry Walters. What does Larry Walters do for a living?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 18, what is the name of Fulghum's neighbor who lives up the hill from him?

4. At what age was Beethoven completely deaf?

5. In Chapter 31, Fulghum says he speaks to a nice lady on the phone who says she has a cold since when?

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