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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gladwell say Roseto, Pennsylvania is an example of?
(a) A place with above average numbers of high achievers.
(b) An outlier.
(c) A progressive town.
(d) A failure in public welfare.

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

3. How many hours does one have to practice something to become an expert?
(a) 10,000.
(b) It depends upon how complex the task is.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 100,000.

4. Through what age range are the school children tracked?
(a) From very young through into their adult lives.
(b) From very young up until graduation from high school.
(c) From very young until graduation from college.
(d) From very young until ninth grade.

5. When does Wolf visit Roseto?
(a) The 1990s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1988.

6. Who developed the Stanford-Binet test?
(a) John Stanford.
(b) Todd Binet.
(c) Lewis Terman.
(d) Erricsson.

7. What data does the table that Gladwell consults to theorize the success of some of the best hockey players in the country include?
(a) Just names and hometown.
(b) Names, position, birth date, hometown.
(c) Just birth date.
(d) Just names and position.

8. From what does the title "The Matthew Effect" get its name?
(a) The book of Matthew in the New Testament.
(b) A young man who won 6 Olympic gold medals at the games in Finland in 1952.
(c) The name of a chess prodigy who has the highest IQ ever recorded.
(d) A movie that was only shown in theaters for a couple weeks.

9. What time period is the first example of an outlier from?
(a) The last decade of the 19th century.
(b) The first decade of the 21st century.
(c) Mid-to late 20th century.
(d) The first half of the 20th century.

10. Who is most likely to get into gifted programs in the school system Gladwell mentions?
(a) Those who are the oldest of the year group.
(b) Those whose parents push their child to succeed.
(c) Those who are from the middle class and higher.
(d) Those who were not premature babies.

11. What college does Joy attend?
(a) UCLA.
(b) Stanford.
(c) University of Michigan.
(d) UC Berkeley.

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

13. At what university does Lewis Terman teach?
(a) MIT.
(b) UC Berkeley.
(c) UCLA.
(d) Stanford.

14. How are Oppenheimer's social skills?
(a) Barely adequate.
(b) Good.
(c) Poor.
(d) Extremely high.

15. Where does this band get their start playing?
(a) Hamburg, Germany.
(b) Dublin, Ireland.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Birmingham, England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What computer language does Joy help create?

2. What does Terman believe will be true of individuals with high IQ scores?

3. What health issue is rarely seen in Roseto at the time Wolf visits the town?

4. What does Gladwell say has a threshold?

5. What is the single most important reason for the success of a group of musicians Ericcson studies?

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