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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 8, Rice Paddies and Math Tests.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does the rice farmer have to tend to the rice paddies?
(a) Just in the Spring.
(b) Two or three times a month.
(c) Continually.
(d) Just in the summer.

2. What cultural legacy among Asian peoples does Gladwell discuss?
(a) Honor.
(b) Samurai.
(c) Rice paddies.
(d) Calligraphy.

3. What does Joy cheat a program to obtain?
(a) Codes for the university's class schedules.
(b) Codes for using all the available programs.
(c) Codes for the university's grades.
(d) Unlimited time on the computer.

4. Why do Flom and his colleagues take on proxy wars?
(a) They enjoy figuring out how to keep it just legal.
(b) They are excluded from taking more respectable work.
(c) They are able to save the companies a great deal of money.
(d) They like the excitement of it.

5. What company does Joy co-found?
(a) Microsoft.
(b) IBM.
(c) Sun Microsystems.
(d) Intel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are these proxy wars characterized?

2. What do the Borgenichts have that is in demand in the United States?

3. What does Gladwell say Asian cultures value?

4. What is one characteristic of a rice paddy?

5. What does Joy do almost day in and day out at college?

(see the answer key)

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