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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter two: Teresa DeBrito.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many miles a day does Gladwell say T. E. Lawrence’s troops could cover?
(a) 37.
(b) 26.
(c) 110.
(d) 48.

2. How many new teachers does Gladwell say American schools hired between 1996 and 2004?
(a) 750,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 1,000,000.

3. How tall does Gladwell say the tallest man in the world was?
(a) 8’1”.
(b) 8’11”.
(c) 7’8”.
(d) 9’1”.

4. How far does Gladwell say T. E. Lawrence took his troops into the desert, to circumvent the city of Aqaba?
(a) 600 miles.
(b) 750 miles.
(c) 800 miles.
(d) 1,000 miles.

5. Who was the king of the Israelites when David fought Goliath?
(a) Abraham.
(b) David.
(c) Saul.
(d) Moses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladwell say the inverted-U curve expresses?

2. Why does Gladwell say Goliath said that David was coming at him with multiple sticks?

3. What kind of improvement in outcomes does Caroline Hoxby correlate class size to?

4. What metric does Gladwell say Hoxby used in evaluating class size?

5. How old does Gladwell say Ranadivé was, when he came to the U.S.?

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