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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 data does the table that Gladwell consults to theorize the success of some of the best hockey players in the country include?
(a) Just names and hometown.
(b) Names, position, birth date, hometown.
(c) Just birth date.
(d) Just names and position.

2. Why does Langan drop out of the second college he attends?
(a) He hates the core required courses.
(b) He gets in trouble for breaking the rules.
(c) He hates the climate.
(d) His schedule is not flexible.

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

4. What is the main business of Roseto in the early years of its founding?
(a) Wool.
(b) Slate quarry.
(c) Farming.
(d) Wine.

5. Gladwell says the Borgenichts are successful but never what?
(a) Pretentious.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Ambitious.
(d) Dishonest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do many of the children of the Borgenichts family and those like them become?

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

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

4. Why does Langan lose his scholarship?

5. Who is Anders Ericcson?

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