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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3, The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through what age range are the school children tracked?
(a) From very young until ninth grade.
(b) From very young until graduation from college.
(c) From very young through into their adult lives.
(d) From very young up until graduation from high school.

2. What is the main business of Roseto in the early years of its founding?
(a) Wine.
(b) Slate quarry.
(c) Wool.
(d) Farming.

3. What is the Memorial Cup?
(a) The highest trophy of the Russian Hockey League.
(b) The highest trophy of the Canadian Hockey League.
(c) The highest trophy of the American Hockey League.
(d) The highest trophy of the Swedish Hockey League.

4. What does Gladwell find out about soccer leagues in Hungary and Czechoslovakia?
(a) The birth factor is more pronounced since physical skills are more critical in soccer.
(b) There is no correlation between hockey and soccer.
(c) The birth fact is not as pronounced since size is not such a factor in soccer.
(d) Those born in the first three months of the year predominate on the elite teams.

5. To what characteristic does Gladwell compare the importance of IQ?
(a) The importance of height to a basketball player.
(b) The importance of muscle to a football player.
(c) The importance of upper body strength to a rock climber.
(d) The importance of good looks for acting.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Barnsley and a colleague find when they do further investigation into the entire country's professional hockey teams?

3. In what year does Joy start college?

4. What is the name of the hockey team Gladwell examines in detail?

5. What opportunity does Joy have that few students had at that time?

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