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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. Einstein is quoted as saying that something is more important than information. What did Einstein say was more important than information?
(a) Foresight.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Wisdom.

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

3. When Fulghum opens the carton that contains the cuckoo clock to assemble, how many bags of parts does he retrieve?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

4. After the motorcycle momma was done dancing with the Indian, what did the Indian dance with?
(a) The microphone.
(b) A mop.
(c) A chair.
(d) A broom.

5. What does Fulghum say is his solace from depression?
(a) Religion.
(b) Deep sleep.
(c) Yoga.
(d) Beethoven.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fulghum is talking about the stuff that is found in our homes, what kind of chunks does he say are found in the stuff?

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

3. What is the name of Fulghum's uncle who drives the old pickup truck in Chapter 17?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 27, what does the man with scrooge-itis say about receiving gifts?

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

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

5. In Chapter 33, what does Fulghum say is his first clue that Elias Schwartz is the new Haiho Lama?

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

7. In Chapter 40, what happens when V.P. Menon arrives in Delhi to seek a job in government?

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

9. Describe Larry Walters' contraption that Fulghum mentions in Chapter 38 and what he has with him as he floats over Los Angeles.

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

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