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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 will be the consequence for the loser’s people, in the single combat of David and Goliath?
(a) Exile.
(b) Taxation.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Genocide.

2. When did Bill Hudson take the famous photo of the dog attacking the peaceful protestor?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1963.

3. What percentage of prominent people had lost a parent by age 20, according to psychologist Marvin Eisenstadt?
(a) 75%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 25%,
(d) 45%.

4. How much does Gladwell say per-pupil spending increased in the U.S. from 1996 to 2004?
(a) 61%.
(b) 38%.
(c) 53%.
(d) 21%.

5. What does Gladwell say is the best way to raise test scores on the Cognitive Reflection Test?
(a) To give the test on no sleep.
(b) To print the test on colored paper.
(c) To print the test in faint print.
(d) To give the test with music playing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many new teachers does Gladwell say American schools hired between 1996 and 2004?

2. How many miles a day does Gladwell say T. E. Lawrence’s troops could cover?

3. Where does Gladwell say local slingers played a decisive role against an invading army?

4. What are the “only two places in the world” where there were "nontrivial beneficial aspects of reduced class sizes” (44)?

5. What does Gladwell say is the overriding assumption about class composition?

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