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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. Who are the Howards and Turners?
(a) Two large families who settle in Harlan.
(b) Two families who continuously intermarry.
(c) Two families who go into the garment business in Harlan.
(d) Two families who go into the mining business in Harlan.

2. What is the conclusion Terman comes to about high IQ children?
(a) They succeed just five percent more often than other children.
(b) They succeed or fail at the same rate as other children.
(c) They succeed fifty percent more often than other children.
(d) They actually fail more often than other children.

3. How are Oppenheimer's social skills?
(a) Poor.
(b) Good.
(c) Extremely high.
(d) Barely adequate.

4. What occasionally erupts into violence and murder?
(a) Competition to hire garment workers.
(b) A yearly festival in Harlan.
(c) A feud between the Howards and Turners.
(d) Competition to buy potential mining land.

5. What does Gladwell conclude about the heart health of Roseto's residents?
(a) The townspeople are exaggerating their good health.
(b) The statistics have been skewed.
(c) The townspeople are exaggerating their poor health.
(d) It is something about the town itself that keeps its residents free from heart disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who developed the Stanford-Binet test?

2. Who is Anders Ericcson?

3. Where does it crash?

4. From what country are the hockey players that Gladwell discusses?

5. What is the main business of Roseto in the early years of its founding?

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