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

2. Fulghum explains that his real estate agent means a shack with a view when he says what word?
(a) Simple.
(b) Cute.
(c) Cozy.
(d) Charm.

3. In Chapter 36, what is the profession of the man who has the car with the dead battery?
(a) Math teacher.
(b) English teacher.
(c) P.E. teacher.
(d) Science teacher.

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

5. When Fulghum buys a cuckoo clock he missed reading that it was made where?
(a) South Korea.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 22, what occupation does Fulghum's neighbor have?

3. At what age was Beethoven completely deaf?

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

5. What does Fulghum claim is the main objective of people who go to the tavern in Chapter 35?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Fulghum think people's attitude would be different if dandelions were rare and fragile?

4. In Chapter 31, what does Fulghum state he'll do on some December night when he is very rich?

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

6. In Chapter 19, when Mr. Washington comes over to Fulghum's home and starts spraying the dandelions, what kind of discussion does this spark?

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

8. In Chapter 36, what happens when Fulghum stops to help a couple that has a dead car battery and he and the stranded man try to find the battery?

9. In Chapter 28, why does Robert Fulghum buy a cuckoo clock?

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

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