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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, A Jamaican Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Wolf speak at Roseto?
(a) A local politician.
(b) Several local ministers.
(c) Several sociology professors.
(d) A local physician.

2. What does Gladwell say about the residents of Roseto as far as their health?
(a) They are poorer than average compared to other Americans.
(b) He does not mention their health.
(c) They are average compared to other Americans.
(d) They are remarkably healthy compared to other Americans.

3. Where does Joe Flom grow up?
(a) Miami.
(b) Washington, D. C.
(c) Newark.
(d) Brooklyn.

4. What does Gladwell say about his great-great-great grandmother?
(a) She was educated in England.
(b) She was part of a mass exodus from Jamaica.
(c) She was a slave.
(d) She was from Peru.

5. What opportunity does Joy have that few students had at that time?
(a) The opportunity to spend 15,000 hours on programming.
(b) The opportunity to spend 1,000 hours on programming.
(c) The opportunity to spend 10,000 hours on programming.
(d) The opportunity to study the results of his coding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joy cheat a program to obtain?

2. What is one characteristic of a rice paddy?

3. What does Gladwell say has a threshold?

4. What is a proxy war?

5. Where is the school that Gladwell focuses on in "Marita's Bargan"?

(see the answer key)

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