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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Fulghum's list of rules in the first chapter, he says you should wash your hands before doing what?
(a) Feeding the hungry.
(b) Eating.
(c) Drinking your milk.
(d) Playing a game.

2. After Charles Boyer's wife died in his arms, Charles died two days later. How did Charles die?
(a) He died of a heart attack.
(b) He killed himself.
(c) He died in a horseback riding accident.
(d) He died of a stroke.

3. In the gummy lump box, Fulghum can also see what scrawled in several places?
(a) The names of three children.
(b) The name of the cities they've lived in.
(c) The words, "I love you."
(d) The words, "Daddy" and "Mommy."

4. Fulghum tells a story about a man who faced a computer with his abacus. What was this man's occupation?
(a) He was a chairman over the construction of new high rises in China.
(b) He was the CEO of a computer manufacturing company.
(c) He was a woodworker.
(d) He was a senior clerk for a shipping company.

5. What two things does Fulghum say he has and would stack up against a food processor any day?
(a) A pair of kitchen shears and a metal mixing bowl.
(b) A butchers knife and a wooden block.
(c) A metal peeler and a ceramic dish.
(d) A wooden bowl and chipping knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fulghum is finished eating his chicken-friend steak in San Saba, what flavor of toothpick does he use?

2. When Fulghum's neighbor starts screaming because of the spider web, Fulghum thinks she sounds like what kind of mating animal?

3. What type of laundry detergent does Fulghum claim he uses?

4. Fulghum tells the reader that goats are really cheap in San Saba and you can buy one for about how much?

5. What kind of insect does the Cassida Rubignosa have to defend itself from in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, why does Fulghum say that goat roping is some entertainment?

2. What was the name of Charles Boyer's wife? What happened to her?

3. What happened after Fulghum's washer died on him in the middle of a load of laundry?

4. What does Fulghum claim a detergent for people would clean?

5. When Fulghum is reading the historical marker in the town square in San Saba in Chapter 6, what do a pair of elderly gentlemen tell him?

6. What are some things that Fulghum says he yells at?

7. When Fulghum was younger what was his list or credo like?

8. What does Fulghum think of the way Charles Boyer ended his life?

9. What were some of the reasons that Fulghum gives for visiting the town of San Saba?

10. Why does Fulghum decide to tell the reader about his favorite place for chicken fried steak?

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