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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 Hatfields and McCoys?
(a) The most wealthy families in Kentucky.
(b) Another feuding family in Kentucky.
(c) The owners of the most profitable coal mines in West Virginia.
(d) Two other garment-industry families in Tennessee.

2. Who is most likely to get into gifted programs in the school system Gladwell mentions?
(a) Those whose parents push their child to succeed.
(b) Those who are the oldest of the year group.
(c) Those who were not premature babies.
(d) Those who are from the middle class and higher.

3. What does access via terminals replace at Joy's college?
(a) Access only via the mainframe.
(b) Limited access via one computer in the lab.
(c) Loading one application at a time.
(d) Access via the telephone.

4. What is the Colombian pilot's attitude when he communicates the plane's situation to the air traffic controller?
(a) He does not mention their fuel situation at all.
(b) Angry.
(c) Casual.
(d) Intense.

5. Where do Cohen and Nisbett conduct an experiment?
(a) University of Maine.
(b) University of Michigan.
(c) University of Kentucky.
(d) University of Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladwell say one has to have to gain success?

2. What was the leading killer of men under the age of 65 in the 1950s?

3. What is the other half of the Matthew effect?

4. How is the pilot described?

5. When is Joe Flom born?

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