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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 7, The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Joe Flom's occupation?
(a) CEO of a trade corporation.
(b) CEO of a technological corporation.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Lawyer.

2. Of what does Gladwell say he hopes his readers are skeptical?
(a) The need for success.
(b) Typical people.
(c) Typical rags-to-riches stories.
(d) Gladwell's statistics.

3. What is the PDI of people of the United States?
(a) High.
(b) It's never been measured.
(c) Low.
(d) About in the middle.

4. What is one way in which Flom's life is affected by the second lesson of Joe Flom?
(a) He is born in a time when there is a high birth rate in the United States.
(b) He is born in a time when the laws are favorable for Jewish people in the United States.
(c) He is born in a time when there is a low birth rate in the United States.
(d) He is born in a time when law is not a popular field in the United States.

5. What does Wolf learn when he examines the diets of the people of Roseto?
(a) Their diet includes fatty and rich foods.
(b) Their diet is 90 percent grains, dairy and fruits.
(c) Their diet is 90 percent vegetarian.
(d) Their diet is very low fat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the pilot have difficulty seeing the runway?

2. From what town in Europe are most of the early residents of Roseto, Pennsylvania?

3. How many hours does one have to practice something to become an expert?

4. To where does Langan transfer from his first college?

5. What do the men have to do after performing the task asked of them?

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