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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 6, Harlan, Kentucky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What data does the table that Gladwell consults to theorize the success of some of the best hockey players in the country include?
(a) Names, position, birth date, hometown.
(b) Just names and position.
(c) Just names and hometown.
(d) Just birth date.

2. What is the conclusion Terman comes to about high IQ children?
(a) They succeed fifty percent more often than other children.
(b) They succeed just five percent more often than other children.
(c) They succeed or fail at the same rate as other children.
(d) They actually fail more often than other children.

3. What does Gladwell delay discussing until the next chapter?
(a) The rest of Langan's story.
(b) The rest of Terman's story.
(c) Why highly intelligent people are seldom successful.
(d) How to use innate intelligence even if you do not have a high IQ.

4. What does Oppenheimer have difficulty with when he is young?
(a) His family life.
(b) His social life.
(c) School.
(d) Emotional instability.

5. How does the country which Gladwell is discussing determine the cut-off date for hockey players?
(a) January 1.
(b) There is no set determination.
(c) January 1 and June 1.
(d) June 1 and September 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladwell think that being taller than another basketball player will do for a basketball player?

2. How do the experimenters know if the men's hormone levels rise?

3. In what year does Joy start college?

4. What does Gladwell say is required for someone to succeed?

5. What does Langan do after dropping out of the second college?

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