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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 the British war planners feared from German aerial bombardment in London?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Panic.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Lawlessness.

2. What kind of improvement in outcomes does Caroline Hoxby correlate class size to?
(a) Worse outcomes.
(b) No change.
(c) Better outcomes.
(d) A wide variety of outcomes, better and worse.

3. How does Gladwell characterize the building the Paris Salon was held in?
(a) A sprawling complex.
(b) An enormous barn.
(c) An intimate gallery.
(d) A commodious hall.

4. When does Gladwell say Dr. Freireich determined he wanted to be a doctor?
(a) When he met a friend whose father was a doctor.
(b) When he had tonsillitis as a kid.
(c) When his mother married a doctor.
(d) When he married a woman who was a doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladwell say Goliath’s attendant was acting as?

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

3. How far does Gladwell say T. E. Lawrence took his troops into the desert, to circumvent the city of Aqaba?

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

5. When does Gladwell say Ranadivé’s girls’ strategy was defeated?

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