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

2. Why does Flom and those of his generation have their pick of good schools?
(a) College is not valued at that time.
(b) The supply of students is relatively low.
(c) College is just becoming popular and so colleges are competing to get students.
(d) New universities are arising rapidly in this era.

3. What does a feudal lord take from his farmers?
(a) A small portion of their crops.
(b) About half of the farmers' crops.
(c) None of the crops.
(d) The larger portion of their crops.

4. What does access via terminals replace at Joy's college?
(a) Loading one application at a time.
(b) Limited access via one computer in the lab.
(c) Access via the telephone.
(d) Access only via the mainframe.

5. How are rice plants weeded and harvested?
(a) It depends on the species of rice.
(b) By hand.
(c) With two special machines.
(d) With one machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Borgenichts?

2. What do many of the children of the Borgenichts family and those like them become?

3. What is one characteristic of a rice paddy?

4. Why does Joe Flom have trouble getting a job after college?

5. When is Joe Flom born?

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