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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter seven: Rosemary Lawlor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gladwell say led to declining enrollment in Shepaug Valley Middle School?
(a) Closing factories.
(b) Smaller family size.
(c) Increasing real estate prices.
(d) New train lines.

2. How many people does Gladwell say General Freeland brought in, to subdue a population of 8,000 in Lower Falls?
(a) 1,400.
(b) 800.
(c) 500.
(d) 3,000.

3. What does Rosemary Lawlor say was the action that started the snowball effect that broke the curfew in Lower Falls?
(a) Women holding a prayer meeting at a road block.
(b) Women going in pushing prams with provisions.
(c) Women and children offering themselves to British soldiers’ batons.
(d) Women throwing stones and Molotov cocktails.

4. What does Gladwell say is the overriding assumption about class composition?
(a) Smaller is better.
(b) Single-gendered is better.
(c) Homogenous is better.
(d) Diverse is better.

5. What does Sean MacStiofain say revolutions are caused by, in the first place?
(a) Collapses in markets.
(b) Brutality of governments.
(c) Increasing strictness in policing.
(d) State-sanctioned injustice.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Gladwell say “things got worse” in Northern Ireland (199)?

2. Where does Gladwell say dyslexic kids are more likely to end up?

3. What happened when the California governor announced plans to reduce class size?

4. How many students used to enroll in Shepaug Valley Middle School’s sixth grade, and how many enrolled at the time of publication?

5. How old was Gladwell’s powerful Hollywood friend, when he started a snow-shoveling business with other students?

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