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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 is one group of people worldwide who have developed the culture Gladwell examines in Kentucky?
(a) Industrial groups.
(b) Herding groups.
(c) Mining groups.
(d) Farming groups.

2. What is 30 to 35 percent lower in Roseto than the rest of the country?
(a) Death rate from strokes.
(b) Suicide rate.
(c) Death rate from heart disease.
(d) Divorce rate.

3. Where does Langan grow up?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) South Dakota.
(d) Montana.

4. From what region of the country are the angriest subjects?
(a) South.
(b) They are all equally angry.
(c) North.
(d) Midwest.

5. From what does the title "The Matthew Effect" get its name?
(a) The name of a chess prodigy who has the highest IQ ever recorded.
(b) A young man who won 6 Olympic gold medals at the games in Finland in 1952.
(c) The book of Matthew in the New Testament.
(d) A movie that was only shown in theaters for a couple weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Korean airlines realize is a large part of their problem?

2. When is Harlan settled?

3. When does Wolf visit Roseto?

4. How are rice plants weeded and harvested?

5. What does Gladwell find out about soccer leagues in Hungary and Czechoslovakia?

(see the answer key)

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