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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. How is the pilot described?
(a) Fairly inexperienced.
(b) A workaholic.
(c) An alcoholic.
(d) Very experienced.

2. When does Wolf visit Roseto?
(a) The 1990s.
(b) 1962.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) 1988.

3. What firms are run by Christian men who live in the suburbs?
(a) White shirt law firms.
(b) Black tie law firms.
(c) Black shoe law firms.
(d) White shoe law firms.

4. What do some countries consider doing with Korean Airlines?
(a) Banning it from landing in their countries.
(b) Suing it.
(c) Helping it overcome its safety problems.
(d) Encourage it to operate in their country.

5. How often does the rice farmer have to tend to the rice paddies?
(a) Just in the Spring.
(b) Continually.
(c) Two or three times a month.
(d) Just in the summer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are rice plants weeded and harvested?

3. What is the Colombian pilot's attitude when he communicates the plane's situation to the air traffic controller?

4. What data does the table that Gladwell consults to theorize the success of some of the best hockey players in the country include?

5. Gladwell says the Borgenichts are successful but never what?

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