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

2. Where is Harlan?
(a) On the Cumberland Plateau in Kentucky.
(b) In Western Tennessee.
(c) Near the border of Kentucky and Illinois.
(d) In southwestern Kentucky.

3. Who is Bill Joy?
(a) An Apple programmer.
(b) A entrepreneur in the field of sports.
(c) A entrepreneur in the field of art.
(d) A computer programmer.

4. What is one type of work Joe Flom does when he is just out of college?
(a) Buying and selling goods at trade shows.
(b) Whatever he is told to do.
(c) A take over of a public company.
(d) Working with indigent patients at a public hospital.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the other half of the Matthew effect?

3. What do some players from the highest young people's hockey team sometimes go on to do?

4. What are people quick to do in the type of culture Gladwell examines in Kentucky?

5. How many crashes has Korean Airlines experienced in the past twenty years at the time of this study?

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