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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 8, Rice Paddies and Math Tests.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the pilots instruments indicate?
(a) He has lots of fuel.
(b) He is out of fuel.
(c) He is higher than he expects to be.
(d) He is lower than he expects to be.

2. Why are children born in a certain part of the year more likely to stand out?
(a) They have more growth than the younger ones of the same year.
(b) If they are born in the summer, they practice more.
(c) They are called first to play on teams.
(d) There is no likelihood that one child will stand out over another.

3. To whom does Gladwell compare Oppenheimer?
(a) Termer.
(b) Gladwell.
(c) Langan.
(d) Einstein.

4. What do Koreans and Colombians have in common?
(a) A culture of honor.
(b) A high PDI.
(c) A very low PDI.
(d) Many plane crashes.

5. What time period is the first example of an outlier from?
(a) Mid-to late 20th century.
(b) The first decade of the 21st century.
(c) The last decade of the 19th century.
(d) The first half of the 20th century.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one way in which Flom's life is affected by the second lesson of Joe Flom?

3. What do the men have to do after performing the task asked of them?

4. What does Gladwell delay discussing until the next chapter?

5. What is the single most important reason for the success of a group of musicians Ericcson studies?

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