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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Gladwell say Dr. Freireich determined he wanted to be a doctor?
(a) When he had tonsillitis as a kid.
(b) When he married a woman who was a doctor.
(c) When his mother married a doctor.
(d) When he met a friend whose father was a doctor.

2. What percentage of prominent people had lost a parent by age 20, according to psychologist Marvin Eisenstadt?
(a) 75%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 25%,
(d) 15%.

3. What childhood trauma did Dr. Freireich’s wife Haroldine share with him?
(a) Extreme poverty.
(b) Suffering abuse in school.
(c) A parent who killed themselves.
(d) Growing up in a war zone.

4. Who does Gladwell say took in the Jews in France?
(a) The rich.
(b) The poor.
(c) Marginal people.
(d) The middle class.

5. How does Gladwell say André Trocmé circumvented the requirement that his school ring its bell to commemorate the anniversary of the Vichy regime?
(a) He said that the bell was broken.
(b) He said that he confused the dates.
(c) He said that the bell belonged to God.
(d) He said that he refused to ring it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gouré typically interview the Viet Cong?

2. How does Gladwell characterize the Brer Rabbit tales for the people who told them?

3. How does Gladwell characterize André Trocmé?

4. How many deaths does Gladwell say British war planners expected in London in the first week of the German Blitz?

5. How does Gladwell say Kimber Reynolds’ killer explained why he killed her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gladwell say André Trocmé subverted the laws in Vichy France?

2. How does Gladwell say successful dyslexics typically feel about wishing dyslexia on their children?

3. What was Mike Reynolds' reaction when the disadvantages of the Three Strikes law became apparent?

4. How does Wyatt Walker say he had to adjust his tactics to the situation at hand?

5. How did Freireich compensate for the isolation that came from experimenting in the way he did?

6. What was Mike Reynolds’ reaction when his daughter Kimber was shot and killed by a meth addict?

7. How does Gladwell explain the trait that allowed Londoners to go about their business during the Blitz?

8. What does Gladwell say happened in Montreal when the police went on strike?

9. Why does Gladwell say that it took the British so long to understand that they were applying too much force in northern Ireland?

10. What is the lesson Gladwell derives from the video of the third-grade classroom from the Curry School of Education?

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