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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month of the year did the Indians that the soldiers were waiting for finally show up?
(a) May.
(b) February.
(c) April.
(d) March.

2. When the military units who have entered Angola encounter the Russian soldiers, how many Russian soldiers were killed?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

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

4. Fulghum says that the neighbor lady thinks the spider is as big as what?
(a) A bird.
(b) A lobster.
(c) A cat.
(d) A bat.

5. Fulghum tells the reader that he visited San Saba to court a lady, but even after he and the lady were over he still went there for what reason?
(a) To work at a local store.
(b) To eat a good home cooked meal.
(c) To find peace and quiet.
(d) To buy beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Fulghum's list of rules in the first chapter, he says you should wash your hands before doing what?

2. In the story of San Saba, Fulghum tells us that two thousand people from a certain tribe showed up to fight the soldiers and priests. What tribe did they come from?

3. How long do the woodsmen in the Solomon Islands continue their ritual for one tree?

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

5. After Charles Boyer's wife died in his arms, Charles died two days later. How did Charles die?

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