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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 is 30 to 35 percent lower in Roseto than the rest of the country?
(a) Suicide rate.
(b) Death rate from heart disease.
(c) Death rate from strokes.
(d) Divorce rate.

2. What type of parenting style seems to be beneficial to the education of children?
(a) The parents who force their children to work for pay over the summer.
(b) The parents who are so busy, the children have to read to fill their time.
(c) Those who engage their children and offer them opportunities continue to learn and improve over the summer.
(d) The ones who allow the children to choose what they want to do over the summer.

3. Who is Bill Joy?
(a) A computer programmer.
(b) A entrepreneur in the field of sports.
(c) A entrepreneur in the field of art.
(d) An Apple programmer.

4. What pattern does Gladwell examine in Kentucky?
(a) Families who go into coal mining.
(b) Family feuds.
(c) Families who go into the tobacco industry.
(d) Families who go into the garment industry.

5. Where does this band get their start playing?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Birmingham, England.
(c) Hamburg, Germany.
(d) Dublin, Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Borgenichts have that is in demand in the United States?

2. What is the Stanford-Binet test?

3. What does access via terminals replace at Joy's college?

4. Where does Langan earn a scholarship to college?

5. When does Korean Airline flight 801 crash?

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