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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter six: Wyatt Walker.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gladwell say Ranadivé’s players supplanted ability with?
(a) Set plays.
(b) Finesse.
(c) Heart.
(d) Effort.

2. Who does Gladwell say served as the “moral compass” of the Impressionists (64)?
(a) Pisarro.
(b) Renoir.
(c) Degas.
(d) Manet.

3. What does Gladwell say the “remote misses” felt after surviving a bombing (132)?
(a) Invincible.
(b) Grateful.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Religious.

4. What made Brer Rabbit formidable to his opponents?
(a) He understood them better than they understood themselves.
(b) He could always outmaneuver them.
(c) He had secret knowledge.
(d) He could not be beaten down.

5. What childhood trauma did Dr. Freireich’s wife Haroldine share with him?
(a) Growing up in a war zone.
(b) Suffering abuse in school.
(c) A parent who killed themselves.
(d) Extreme poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which part of the brain do dyslexics use more of, during reading, than “normal” readers (100)?

2. How many children does Gladwell say were in jail after the first day of Wyatt Walker’s protests in Birmingham?

3. How many people does Gladwell say lost their homes in London during the Blitz?

4. What will be the consequence for the loser’s people, in the single combat of David and Goliath?

5. What does Gladwell say the average class size is now, at Shepaug Valley Middle School?

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