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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. What does Gladwell call the culture of many people who settle in Kentucky?
(a) Culture of honor.
(b) Culture of belief.
(c) Culture of knowledge.
(d) Culture of religion.

2. What does Korean airlines realize is a large part of their problem?
(a) Their pay structure.
(b) Their lack of good mechanics.
(c) Their old planes.
(d) Their cultural legacy.

3. What do the men have to do after performing the task asked of them?
(a) Write up their impressions of the experience.
(b) Walk down a hall to hand it in.
(c) Undergo a battery of psychological tests.
(d) Share their experience with an audience.

4. Of what does Gladwell say the average student needs more?
(a) Breaks throughout the year.
(b) School.
(c) Summer break.
(d) Better facilities.

5. From what town in Europe are most of the early residents of Roseto, Pennsylvania?
(a) Naples.
(b) Rome.
(c) Lucera.
(d) Roseto.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gladwell say about reading schools at the end of one year compared to at the beginning of the next year?

2. What does Gladwell say is required for someone to succeed?

3. What does Gladwell say about his great-great-great grandmother?

4. Who is Bill Joy?

5. What group of people founded Roseto, Pennsylvania?

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