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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 9, Marita's Bargain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the early American educational theorists claim about long hours of school?
(a) It keeps young people out of trouble.
(b) It endgenders a strong working ethic.
(c) It engenders strong morals.
(d) It results in over stimulating the mind.

2. Why does Langan drop out of the second college he attends?
(a) His schedule is not flexible.
(b) He hates the climate.
(c) He gets in trouble for breaking the rules.
(d) He hates the core required courses.

3. Where is the school that Gladwell focuses on in "Marita's Bargan"?
(a) Harlem.
(b) South Bronx.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Queens.

4. What do many of the children of the Borgenichts family and those like them become?
(a) Doctors and lawyers.
(b) Businessmen.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Artists in various areas.

5. What can Chinese farmers do if they produce more than the taxed amount?
(a) Gladwell does not say.
(b) They are only allowed to produce a certain amount.
(c) Share it.
(d) Keep it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are children born in a certain part of the year more likely to stand out?

2. What does Gladwell call having a higher IQ?

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

4. What computer language does Joy help create?

5. How many people are killed in the crash of flight 801?

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