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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. How does Gladwell say André Trocmé circumvented the requirement that his school ring its bell to commemorate the anniversary of the Vichy regime?
(a) He said that he confused the dates.
(b) He said that the bell was broken.
(c) He said that he refused to ring it.
(d) He said that the bell belonged to God.

2. What does Gladwell say was necessary for Wyatt Walker’s “Project C—” to work?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr. needed raise a good amount of money.
(b) The protestors needed to fill the jails.
(c) Bull Connor had to fight back.
(d) The press needed to publish a great photo.

3. How much does Gladwell say the odds increase, that a child of an incarcerated parent will have a psychiatric disorder?
(a) 400%.
(b) 250%.
(c) 350%.
(d) 150%.

4. When was Mike Reynolds’ daughter Kimber shot and killed?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1984.

5. What western capital does Gladwell say Saigon resembled in the 1960s?
(a) Berlin.
(b) New York.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gladwell say General Freeland’s search for weapons in Lower Falls turned into a riot and battle?

2. What percentage of people does Gladwell say voted for the Three Strikes Law in the state-wide referendum?

3. How does Rosemary Lawlor explain why she was hooked on fighting the British?

4. How does Gladwell characterize Wyatt Walker?

5. How does Gladwell characterize the Saigon government?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Gladwell explain the trait that allowed Londoners to go about their business during the Blitz?

7. How does Wyatt Walker say he had to adjust his tactics to the situation at hand?

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

9. How does Turtle win the race with Deer, in the Brer Rabbit story Gladwell relates?

10. What were the effects of the Three Strikes law that turned public opinion against it, and led to its being “radically scaled back” (248)?

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