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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 does Langan display at a very young age?
(a) The appearance of being slow.
(b) A lack of social skills.
(c) Remarkable intelligence.
(d) Average intelligence.

2. Through what age range are the school children tracked?
(a) From very young until graduation from college.
(b) From very young through into their adult lives.
(c) From very young up until graduation from high school.
(d) From very young until ninth grade.

3. What can Chinese farmers do if they produce more than the taxed amount?
(a) They are only allowed to produce a certain amount.
(b) Keep it.
(c) Share it.
(d) Gladwell does not say.

4. To what characteristic does Gladwell compare the importance of IQ?
(a) The importance of good looks for acting.
(b) The importance of upper body strength to a rock climber.
(c) The importance of muscle to a football player.
(d) The importance of height to a basketball player.

5. Where does Langan end up living?
(a) Rural Mississippi.
(b) Rural South Dakota.
(c) Rural Wyoming.
(d) Rural Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Langan do after dropping out of the second college?

2. What is the name of the hockey team Gladwell examines in detail?

3. What does a feudal lord take from his farmers?

4. What do farmers of the Middle Ages do in the summer in Europe?

5. What does Gladwell think that being taller than another basketball player will do for a basketball player?

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