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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Fulghum explains that his real estate agent means a shack with a view when he says what word?
2. What does Fulghum say is his solace from depression?
3. What was the total population of the earth during the time of Julius Caesar?
4. What was Menon's last conscious act?
5. When Fulghum talks about the people that are always prepared and organized in Chapter 20, what object does he say these people have that work and they actually know where they are?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In Chapter 39, Fulghum talks about a list of mysteries that he keeps that's getting longer and longer as he gets older. What are two of these mysteries that he lists in the book?
3. In Chapter 27, what does the man with scrooge-itis say about receiving gifts?
4. What kind of fantasy does Fulghum speak about in Chapter 20, and what does it involve?
5. Describe how Fulghum listens to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
6. Who is Donnie in Chapter 30, and why does he knock on Fulghum's door?
7. Describe Fulghum's ride home in an ancient pickup truck in Chapter 17.
8. In Chapter 28, why does Robert Fulghum buy a cuckoo clock?
9. Why does Fulghum tell the reader in Chapter 16 to not be mislead by the stories we hear of crookedness and corruption?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Fulghum ends his book the way he does? Does that help the reader reach a conclusion, or does it leave the reader hanging? Was this Fulghum's intention? Why or why not? Do you think Fulghum could have ended his book any other way? If so, how? If not, why do you think this was the most effective ending?
Essay Topic 2
In the book, there are places when readers can learn interesting facts that they might not have known about previously. What things in the book are educational? What new things did you learn from the book? Was there anything you learned about that you had never heard of or known about? If so, what was it ?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the book, Robert Fulghum talks about his wife and a little bit about their relationship. Describe Robert Fulghum and his wife's relationship. Would you consider Fulghum and his wife's relationships a good one? Why or why not? How does Fulghum feel about his wife? How do you think Fulghum's wife feels about him? Why? What kind of dynamic does this bring to Fulghum's stories? Explain your answers.
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