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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the breakthrough that set up the confrontation that led to Bill Hudson getting his famous photo?
(a) The weather was beautiful, bringing people out to the streets and the protest.
(b) The black community rallied around a false alarm.
(c) The media mistook reported huge numbers of protestors who were actually bystanders.
(d) The police let child protestors get past them.

2. What percentage of people does Gladwell say voted for the Three Strikes Law in the state-wide referendum?
(a) 53%.
(b) 88%.
(c) 61%.
(d) 72%.

3. What was the occasion that brought the British army into Northern Ireland?
(a) A riot in Lower Falls.
(b) Bombings in Belfast.
(c) A gun battle in Ballymurphy.
(d) Terrorist attacks in London.

4. What does Sean MacStiofain say revolutions are caused by, in the first place?
(a) Increasing strictness in policing.
(b) State-sanctioned injustice.
(c) Collapses in markets.
(d) Brutality of governments.

5. Who does Freireich say he was raised by?
(a) His sister.
(b) His aunt.
(c) An Irish maid.
(d) His grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gladwell say the Royal Scots were the least helpful regiment to patrol the Catholic neighborhood of Lower Falls?

2. What does Gladwell say the British war planners feared from German aerial bombardment in London?

3. What does Rosemary Lawlor say was the action that started the snowball effect that broke the curfew in Lower Falls?

4. How does Gladwell characterize André Trocmé?

5. What does Gladwell say was Wyatt Walker’s general principle for staging direct actions?

Short Essay Questions

1. How dos Gladwell distinguish between geniuses and prodigies?

2. What does Gladwell say were the circumstances that led to Freireich’s father death?

3. What does Gladwell say would have happened had the Nazis killed André Trocmé?

4. What is Brer Rabbit’s secret power, According to Gladwell?

5. What was the effect of the Three Strikes law in California?

6. What does Gladwell say allowed Wilma Derksen to forgive her daughter’s murderer?

7. Why does Gladwell say the Nazis did not come to Le Chambon and make an example of the town?

8. How does Gladwell say successful dyslexics typically feel about wishing dyslexia on their children?

9. What does Stella get wrong about teaching in the video Gladwell refers to, from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia?

10. How did Freireich compensate for the isolation that came from experimenting in the way he did?

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