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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Fulghum tells the nice lady on the phone in Chapter 31 that he has depression lows that are so low he needs what to get out of them?
(a) Hot air balloons.
(b) Trampolines.
(c) Long ropes.
(d) Extension ladders.

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

4. In Chapter 26, Fulghum talks about playing giants, wizards, and dwarfs with how many children?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Forty.

5. In Chapter 18, what is the name of Fulghum's neighbor who lives up the hill from him?
(a) Mr. Winter.
(b) Mr. Washington.
(c) Mr. Seamons.
(d) Mr. Chase.

6. What city did the man test the theory that no one can be trusted in Chapter 16?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) New York City.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

7. What is contained on the tablet that is in the British Museum that Fulghum mentions in Chapter 32?
(a) A census report.
(b) A obituary report.
(c) A list of laws.
(d) A drawing of a family.

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

9. In Chapter 34, Fulghum claims that the majority of stuff comes from two sources. What are these sources he is speaking of?
(a) People and animals.
(b) Plants and animals.
(c) People and meteorites.
(d) Animals and bugs.

10. What is the name of the tavern that Fulghum talks about visiting in Chapter 35?
(a) The Lowrider Tavern.
(b) The Hillbillie Tavern.
(c) The Mooncrest Tavern.
(d) The Buffalo Tavern.

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

12. In Chapter 16, what is the name of the man who tested the theory that you can't trust anyone?
(a) Billy Swamp.
(b) Sam Benson.
(c) Brandon Simpson.
(d) Steven Brill.

13. How many years after Beethoven went completely deaf, did he finish the Ninth Symphony?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

14. What did the man in Chapter 16 claim was the biggest irony of all during his theory testing?
(a) That the taxi drivers in Los Angeles were concerned about his being scammed.
(b) That the taxi drivers in Boston warned him about bad taxi drivers in New York City.
(c) That Chicago was full of beggars who really had a lot of money to begin with.
(d) That several of the taxi drivers warned him that New York was full of crooks and to be careful.

15. What is the name of the deaf boy who asks to rake Fulghum's yard?
(a) Donnie.
(b) Danny.
(c) Desmond.
(d) Derek.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does the boy charge who asks to rake Fulghum's yard?

2. What kind of vest does the Indian wear who enters the tavern in Chapter 35?

3. What kind of shoes is the Indian wearing who enters the tavern?

4. At the end of Chapter 37, Fulghum says that it's never too late to do what?

5. In Chapter 31, Fulghum claims that Beethoven defied his fate with what?

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