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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Return of the Native.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Warren purchased his first stocks at the age of:
(a) fifteen.
(b) twenty one.
(c) eleven.
(d) nineteen.

2. What did Buffett do that was different with Hochschild and Associated Cotton?
(a) bought the entire businesses.
(b) traded one business for another.
(c) purchased liquid sahres.
(d) purchased small amounts.

3. What term can be used to characterize Warren at this age?
(a) unrealistic.
(b) self-confident.
(c) ignorant.
(d) cocky.

4. Buffett began buying stocks:
(a) for partners.
(b) for his own account.
(c) for the Buffett foundation.
(d) with bargain prices for Berkshire.

5. Berkshire and Hathaway merged in:
(a) 1950.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1958.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a result of the end of the Go Go era:

2. What company did the partnership buy that Warren became chairman of?

3. Every year, Warren and Susie would:

4. Throughout his years in school, Buffett said he would live in:

5. Which is not one of the three stocks that Buffett heavily invested in the 1960?

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