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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 is one type of work Joe Flom does when he is just out of college?
(a) Working with indigent patients at a public hospital.
(b) A take over of a public company.
(c) Whatever he is told to do.
(d) Buying and selling goods at trade shows.

2. How many hours does one have to practice something to become an expert?
(a) 1,000.
(b) It depends upon how complex the task is.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 10,000.

3. Of what does Gladwell say he hopes his readers are skeptical?
(a) Typical rags-to-riches stories.
(b) Typical people.
(c) The need for success.
(d) Gladwell's statistics.

4. What firms are run by Christian men who live in the suburbs?
(a) Black shoe law firms.
(b) White shirt law firms.
(c) White shoe law firms.
(d) Black tie law firms.

5. What does the ground have to be like for a successful rice paddy?
(a) Well drained.
(b) Level.
(c) Loamy.
(d) Sandy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom does Bill Gates found Microsoft?

3. What is the second lesson of Joe Flom?

4. How are rice plants weeded and harvested?

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

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