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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of vest does the Indian wear who enters the tavern in Chapter 35?
(a) Leather.
(b) Checkered.
(c) Beaded.
(d) Sheep's skin.

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

3. In Chapter 30, what does Fulghum claim he filled his class room ankle deep with?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Shredded paper.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Dandelions.

4. What does Fulghum claim is the main objective of people who go to the tavern in Chapter 35?
(a) To eat some grub.
(b) To drink away their sorrows.
(c) To listen to the live band.
(d) To dance.

5. Fulghum keeps a list of mysteries that he doesn't understand. One of the mysteries that Fulghum talks about is about how one wheel has a mind of it's own on what?
(a) A stroller.
(b) A go-cart.
(c) A car.
(d) A grocery cart.

6. Fulghum talks about a balloon that came from the gardens of Versailles carrying three things. What were those three things?
(a) A cat, a duck, and a hamster.
(b) A chicken, a goat, and a goose.
(c) A sheep, a rooster, and a duck.
(d) A dog, a calf, and a rat.

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

8. Fulghum remembers eating chocolate cookies and drinking sweet milk. What does he say they drank the milk out of?
(a) Tin cups.
(b) The carton.
(c) A big mug.
(d) Mason jars.

9. Fulghum states that he has heightened respect for what goes on in the nooks and crannies of our rooms and claims that it isn't dirt that is located there, it's what?
(a) Animal sheddings.
(b) People dust.
(c) Plant cells.
(d) Cosmic compost.

10. In Chapter 23, when Fulghum finds out that his barber has left, what does Fulghum say it feels like?
(a) A dead phone line.
(b) A loss of a dear friend.
(c) A death in the family.
(d) An absence in his heart.

11. What age does Fulghum claim he was before he knew that people even cleaned gutters and downspouts?
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Forty-five.
(d) Twenty-five.

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

13. The man who has a car with a dead battery says he took another class the same time as his auto mechanics class. What class does he say he took at the same time as his mechanics class?
(a) Math.
(b) P.E.
(c) Sex education.
(d) Home economics.

14. In Chapter 19, what does Fulghum catch his neighbor spraying in his yard?
(a) Car.
(b) Bugs.
(c) Fruit trees.
(d) Dandelions.

15. How much does the boy charge who asks to rake Fulghum's yard?
(a) $5 an hour.
(b) $1 an hour.
(c) $1 a yard.
(d) $5 a yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is contained on the tablet that is in the British Museum that Fulghum mentions in Chapter 32?

2. When Fulghum takes his shoes to Elias Schwartz, what does Elias Schwartz send home in each shoe?

3. What part in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony does Fulghum want to play?

4. What color of BMW motorcycle does Fulghum claim feels like him?

5. What is the name of Fulghum's uncle who drives the old pickup truck in Chapter 17?

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