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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 was the occasion that brought the British army into Northern Ireland?
(a) Bombings in Belfast.
(b) Terrorist attacks in London.
(c) A riot in Lower Falls.
(d) A gun battle in Ballymurphy.

2. How does Gladwell characterize the British army in their role in northern Ireland?
(a) Impartial referees.
(b) Powerless bystanders.
(c) Dominating aggressors.
(d) Occupying army.

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

4. What does Gladwell say dyslexia is?
(a) A problem with reading.
(b) A problem with speaking.
(c) A problem with reading aloud.
(d) A problem in how people hear and manipulate sounds.

5. What percentage of successful entrepreneurs does Gladwell say are dyslexic?
(a) A quarter.
(b) A half.
(c) A tenth.
(d) A third.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladwell say led to declining enrollment in Shepaug Valley Middle School?

2. How does Gladwell characterize “disagreeableness” (118)?

3. Where is Shepaug Valley Middle School?

4. 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?

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

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