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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 7, The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the pilot and co-pilot of a Colombian airplane that crashes fail to effectively communicate?
(a) Their altitude.
(b) Correct evaculation procedures.
(c) How low their fuel is.
(d) Why their plane is on fire.

2. Where does Joe Flom grow up?
(a) Newark.
(b) Washington, D. C.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Miami.

3. Why does the pilot have difficulty seeing the runway?
(a) Heavy smoke.
(b) Heavy fog.
(c) Heavy rain.
(d) The electricity is off.

4. In what year does Joy start college?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1977.

5. What is a proxy war?
(a) When shareholders in the company vote and replace the board of directors with people who will agree to the company being acquired.
(b) When two companies appoint proxies to infiltrate the other company.
(c) When two companies war over the same contract.
(d) When some people vote in proxy to remove key executives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some players from the highest young people's hockey team sometimes go on to do?

2. To where does Langan transfer from his first college?

3. When is Joe Flom born?

4. What does Gladwell say Roseto, Pennsylvania is an example of?

5. To what characteristic does Gladwell compare the importance of IQ?

(see the answer key)

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