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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 does Gladwell say was the average age of the criminals locked up for their third strikes?
(a) 43.
(b) 18.
(c) 34.
(d) 24.

2. What kind of officers does Gladwell say were attracted to K-9 duty?
(a) Thugs.
(b) Career policemen.
(c) Warriors.
(d) Straight shooters.

3. What kind of image does Gladwell say General Freeland wanted to convey to the northern Irish?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Relentlessness.
(c) Toughness.
(d) Patience.

4. How does Gladwell characterize Freireich’s management style?
(a) Unpredictable.
(b) Volcanic.
(c) Kind.
(d) Patient.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladwell say about people who have “emerged from some kind of trauma” (161)?

2. What does Gladwell say Freireich’s mother did to keep the family together?

3. Where did Leon Gouré’s people come from?

4. How much does Gladwell say criminals consider the potential consequences when they decide to plan a crime?

5. By what factor does Gladwell say the California prison population expanded in the ten years after Three Strikes passed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way does Gladwell say that northern Ireland is just like a kindergarten classroom?

3. What was Mike Reynolds' reaction when the disadvantages of the Three Strikes law became apparent?

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

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

6. What was Konrad Kellen’s approach to the Vietnam War?

7. What was Mike Reynolds’ reaction when his daughter Kimber was shot and killed by a meth addict?

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

9. How does Gladwell say André Trocmé subverted the laws in Vichy France?

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

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