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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 computer language does Joy help create?
(a) FORTRAN.
(b) HTML.
(c) JAVA.
(d) COBAL.

2. What band does Gladwell examine in this chapter?
(a) Led Zeppelin.
(b) Herman's Hermits.
(c) The Doors.
(d) The Beatles.

3. Where does Joe Flom grow up?
(a) Miami.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Newark.
(d) Washington, D. C.

4. Who are the Borgenichts?
(a) A family in the garment industry in New York.
(b) A group who eschew luxury.
(c) A family of lawyers from New England.
(d) A family of vintners in New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what are of the world are the highest-scoring students in the field of math?

2. What is Joe Flom's occupation?

3. What do farmers of the Middle Ages do in the summer in Europe?

4. How are rice plants weeded and harvested?

5. What is the single most important reason for the success of a group of musicians Ericcson studies?

(see the answer key)

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