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

2. What does Gladwell say about people who have “emerged from some kind of trauma” (161)?
(a) Society needs to cure them.
(b) Society needs to regulate them.
(c) Society needs them.
(d) Society needs to replicate them.

3. What does Gladwell say the average class size is now, at Shepaug Valley Middle School?
(a) 6.
(b) 15.
(c) 22.
(d) 28.

4. What is the trait that allowed IKEA CEO Kamprad to pull off moving his production facilities to Poland?
(a) Negotiating skills.
(b) Foresight.
(c) Micromanaging.
(d) Patience.

5. Gladwell says that 77% of Americans would rather decrease class size than do what?
(a) Pay for new school books.
(b) Increase teacher pay.
(c) Consolidate schools.
(d) Fund job creation programs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does “relative deprivation” explain the greater sense of dissatisfaction in the Air Force than in the Military Police, according to Sam Stouffer’s study (78)?

2. What did the best paintings get at the Paris Salon?

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

4. How many students used to enroll in Shepaug Valley Middle School’s sixth grade, and how many enrolled at the time of publication?

5. What does Gladwell say Ranadivé felt about his opponents’ view of him?

(see the answer key)

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