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

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

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

4. Fulghum talks about a balloon that came from the gardens of Versailles carrying three things. What were those three things?
(a) A cat, a duck, and a hamster.
(b) A dog, a calf, and a rat.
(c) A sheep, a rooster, and a duck.
(d) A chicken, a goat, and a goose.

5. 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) 2550.
(b) 3530.
(c) 2590.
(d) 3500.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Fulghum buys a cuckoo clock he missed reading that it was made where?

3. What is the name of the band that plays in the tavern that Fulghum talks about in Chapter 35?

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

5. When Fulghum takes his shoes to Elias Schwartz, what does Elias Schwartz send home in each shoe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Fulghum's ride home in an ancient pickup truck in Chapter 17.

2. In Chapter 36, what are some of the deadly mixtures that Fulghum and his newfound stranded friend discuss?

3. Who is Donnie in Chapter 30, and why does he knock on Fulghum's door?

4. In Chapter 29, what does the couple that lives across the street from the author buy to ride on, and how does the couple ride it?

5. What does the author do in Chapter 28 when his cuckoo clock is not working properly, and what happens to the clock?

6. What happened in Chapter 24 when Fulghum tries to organize a game of giants, wizards, and dwarfs?

7. How does Fulghum explain how the people of imagination mentioned in Chapter 37 stand on one another's shoulders?

8. In Chapter 20, what kind of people does Fulghum say he lives in awe of?

9. What does Fulghum say will happen if you put a bunch of the stuff mentioned in Chapter 34 in a jar with water?

10. Describe Fulghum's relationship with his neighbor Mr. Washington that is discussed in Chapter 18.

(see the answer keys)

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