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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter eight: Wilma Derksen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did police find the man who killed Derksen’s daughter?
(a) DNA evidence.
(b) An inmate led them to him.
(c) A witness came forward.
(d) The man turned himself in.

2. How many paintings would painters submit to the Salon each year?
(a) Two to three.
(b) One.
(c) Ten to twelve.
(d) Five to six.

3. What was the British army doing in Lower Falls, Belfast, while they instituted the curfew?
(a) Starting a religious war.
(b) Searching for guns.
(c) Searching for criminals.
(d) Instilling fear in the citizens.

4. What was the lesson Derksen took from the visit from the man whose child had been killed?
(a) Do not end up like this poor man.
(b) Seek justice though it kills you.
(c) Make something good come of this.
(d) Do not let the death be in vain.

5. How much does Gladwell say criminals consider the potential consequences when they decide to plan a crime?
(a) He says that they do a cost-benefit analysis.
(b) He says that they do not consider the consequences really at all.
(c) He says that they are usually blinded by addiction or poverty.
(d) He says that they cannot make good decisions when desperation drives them to crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gladwell characterize the Londoners’ response to the bombing?

2. How tall does Gladwell say the tallest man in the world was?

3. What is the trait that allowed IKEA CEO Kamprad to pull off moving his production facilities to Poland?

4. Where does Gladwell say dyslexics’ neurons get “lost along the way” (99)?

5. How much does Gladwell say the odds increase, that a child of an incarcerated parent will have a psychiatric disorder?

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