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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 does Wolf learn when he examines the diets of the people of Roseto?
(a) Their diet is 90 percent grains, dairy and fruits.
(b) Their diet is 90 percent vegetarian.
(c) Their diet includes fatty and rich foods.
(d) Their diet is very low fat.

2. Why are children born in a certain part of the year more likely to stand out?
(a) They have more growth than the younger ones of the same year.
(b) They are called first to play on teams.
(c) If they are born in the summer, they practice more.
(d) There is no likelihood that one child will stand out over another.

3. What do some players from the highest young people's hockey team sometimes go on to do?
(a) Play professionally.
(b) Teach hockey in colleges.
(c) There is no common thing that some of the young people do.
(d) Coach professional hockey teams.

4. How does Terman find appropriate subjects for his research?
(a) By observing students on the play ground.
(b) By asking teachers' opinions.
(c) By sifting through school records.
(d) By asking for volunteers.

5. What is the KIPP Academy?
(a) A private, well-funded high school.
(b) A public high school.
(c) The school that Marita goes to.
(d) A private, well-funded elementary school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second lesson of Joe Flom?

2. Through what age range are the school children tracked?

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

4. What group of people founded Roseto, Pennsylvania?

5. Who is Roger Barnsley?

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