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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 Joy do almost day in and day out at college?
(a) Brainstorm with other computer geeks.
(b) Play.
(c) Test his mettle against other geeks.
(d) Program.

2. From what country are the hockey players that Gladwell discusses?
(a) Canada.
(b) Russia.
(c) Sweden.
(d) The United States.

3. What keeps Langan from talking his way into some class changes at the second college he attends?
(a) A lack of drive.
(b) A lack of social skills.
(c) An unusually strong deference to authority.
(d) An inferiority complex.

4. What is the other half of the Matthew effect?
(a) Those who have little will lose even that small amount.
(b) Intimidation is not always something you consciously do.
(c) A high IQ can hinder some types of success.
(d) Academy awards do not necessarily go to the best movies.

5. Who is Chris Langan?
(a) Gladwell's friend who went through reams of statistics.
(b) A talk show host who sponsors a show about intelligence.
(c) A man who has possibly the highest IQ of anyone alive.
(d) An anthropologist who studies native intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Memorial Cup?

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

3. How is Langan's family situated financially?

4. What does Gladwell think is the reason for the success of the KIPP Academy?

5. What is the Colombian pilot's attitude when he communicates the plane's situation to the air traffic controller?

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