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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gladwell address before he finishes the story about Chris Langan?
(a) The school system in which Langan grows up.
(b) The subject of IQ.
(c) The family of geniuses from which Langan comes.
(d) The idea of IQ having very litte accuracy.

3. What is the name of the hockey team Gladwell examines in detail?
(a) Medicine Hat Tigers.
(b) Wolf Moon Raiders.
(c) Coyote of Fortune.
(d) Medicine Wheel.

4. What is the conclusion Terman comes to about high IQ children?
(a) They succeed or fail at the same rate as other children.
(b) They succeed fifty percent more often than other children.
(c) They succeed just five percent more often than other children.
(d) They actually fail more often than other children.

5. What is the Stanford-Binet test?
(a) A test for intelligence.
(b) A test for unusual blood patterns.
(c) A test for mutant genes in a family line.
(d) A test for behavior psychosis.

6. How are children grouped to play hockey in the country Gladwell discusses?
(a) By class.
(b) By region.
(c) By age.
(d) By size.

7. In what year does Joy start college?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1977.

8. What is the first half Matthew effect?
(a) If it can't be seen, it can't be talked about and it can't win an Academy award.
(b) Those who have much will get even more.
(c) When you're on a roll, sometimes you win just because your success intimidates.
(d) A high IQ is required for chess success.

9. What does Gladwell say is required for someone to succeed?
(a) Luck.
(b) Being an entrepreneur.
(c) Practical intelligence.
(d) High intelligence.

10. What is the Memorial Cup?
(a) The highest trophy of the American Hockey League.
(b) The highest trophy of the Swedish Hockey League.
(c) The highest trophy of the Canadian Hockey League.
(d) The highest trophy of the Russian Hockey League.

11. What does Wolf learn when he examines the diets of the people of Roseto?
(a) Their diet includes fatty and rich foods.
(b) Their diet is very low fat.
(c) Their diet is 90 percent vegetarian.
(d) Their diet is 90 percent grains, dairy and fruits.

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

13. Who is Roger Barnsley?
(a) A British hockey coach.
(b) A Canadian psychologist.
(c) A German psychiatrist.
(d) A Swedish exercise physiologist.

14. What does Joy cheat a program to obtain?
(a) Codes for the university's grades.
(b) Codes for using all the available programs.
(c) Codes for the university's class schedules.
(d) Unlimited time on the computer.

15. With whom does Bill Gates found Microsoft?
(a) He founds it by himself.
(b) Paul Allen.
(c) Bill Joy.
(d) Steve Jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are children born in a certain part of the year more likely to stand out?

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

3. What does Gladwell call having a higher IQ?

4. What does Gladwell conclude about the heart health of Roseto's residents?

5. What band does Gladwell examine in this chapter?

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