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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. Where does Gladwell say dyslexic kids are more likely to end up?
(a) Juvenile detention.
(b) High-paying jobs.
(c) Manual labor.
(d) Menial jobs.

2. What are the “only two places in the world” where there were "nontrivial beneficial aspects of reduced class sizes” (44)?
(a) Germany and France.
(b) The U.S. and UK.
(c) Greece and Iceland.
(d) Argentina and Japan.

3. How was police officer Joanna Jaffe trying to show the community of Brownsville that the police were on their side?
(a) By helping residents’ kids with their homework.
(b) By getting her officers to play basketball with the residents.
(c) By helping connect residents to social services.
(d) By helping get residents’ family members out of jail.

4. In the English expression Gladwell quotes, how many generations does it take for families who get rich to be poor again?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

5. How does Gladwell characterize “disagreeableness” (118)?
(a) The refusal to care what others think.
(b) The failure to involve other people in decisions.
(c) The refusal to see downsides to decisions.
(d) The inability to hear criticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Shepaug Valley Middle School?

2. How does Gladwell say “Stella” has lost her class’ attention in the video of her classroom from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia?

3. What does Gladwell say the average class size used to be at Shepaug Valley Middle School?

4. How does Rosemary Lawlor explain why she was hooked on fighting the British?

5. Why does Gladwell say Boies made a good lawyer?

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