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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 8, Rice Paddies and Math Tests.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what heritage is Joe Flom?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Arab.
(c) Irish.
(d) Hispanic.

2. Why does Joe Flom have trouble getting a job after college?
(a) From being Hispanic.
(b) From being Irish.
(c) Because he did not make good grades in college.
(d) From being Jewish.

3. What is one type of work Joe Flom does when he is just out of college?
(a) Buying and selling goods at trade shows.
(b) Whatever he is told to do.
(c) Working with indigent patients at a public hospital.
(d) A take over of a public company.

4. How are these proxy wars characterized?
(a) Wasteful.
(b) Borderline illegal.
(c) Illegal.
(d) Hostile and messy.

5. Why do Flom and his colleagues take on proxy wars?
(a) They enjoy figuring out how to keep it just legal.
(b) They like the excitement of it.
(c) They are excluded from taking more respectable work.
(d) They are able to save the companies a great deal of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does this band get their start playing?

2. From what are of the world are the highest-scoring students in the field of math?

3. What does a feudal lord take from his farmers?

4. What is the second lesson of Joe Flom?

5. What opportunity does Joy have that few students had at that time?

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