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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the chapter about the neighbor woman and the spider, Fulghum states that spiders have been around for how many years?
(a) 400 thousand years.
(b) 500 thousand years.
(c) 200 million years.
(d) 350 million years.

3. Fulghum states hamsters, white mice, and the little seed in the Styrofoam cup still die in the end. What other thing does Fulghum mention besides these three things?
(a) Goldfish.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Horses.

4. Where does Fulghum claim wisdom is found?
(a) In the sand pile at Sunday school.
(b) On the top of the graduate school mountain.
(c) In the kindergarten classroom.
(d) At the dinner table at home.

5. What does Fulghum say can be bought for 35 cents at Bob Everette's Drugstore?
(a) A Moon Pie.
(b) A flavored coffee.
(c) A package of famous pecans.
(d) A Coke float.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 4, Fulghum claims that words will do what?

2. What did the soldiers and priests build in San Saba to accommodate them?

3. What two things does Fulghum say he has and would stack up against a food processor any day?

4. When Fulghum tells of dancing after the goat roping rodeo, he talks of dancing and hoping to God that you don't do what?

5. On August 24, where are the military units from that enter Angola in an offensive against the black nationalist guerrillas?

(see the answer key)

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