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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many crashes has Korean Airlines experienced in the past twenty years at the time of this study?
(a) Numerous.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) Just that one.

2. What is one characteristic of a rice paddy?
(a) It is a complicated system.
(b) It requires very little water.
(c) It is a fairly simple system.
(d) It requires very little attention.

3. What firms are run by Christian men who live in the suburbs?
(a) White shirt law firms.
(b) Black tie law firms.
(c) White shoe law firms.
(d) Black shoe law firms.

4. What did the early American educational theorists claim about long hours of school?
(a) It keeps young people out of trouble.
(b) It results in over stimulating the mind.
(c) It endgenders a strong working ethic.
(d) It engenders strong morals.

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

6. Gladwell says the Borgenichts are successful but never what?
(a) Dishonest.
(b) Pretentious.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Ambitious.

7. Where does it crash?
(a) North Korea.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Guam.
(d) Japan.

8. Who utters an audible insult to some of the men in the experiment?
(a) One of the audience members.
(b) A man partially blocking the hallway.
(c) One of the psychologists interviewing the men.
(d) No one.

9. What is Joe Flom's occupation?
(a) Doctor.
(b) CEO of a trade corporation.
(c) CEO of a technological corporation.
(d) Lawyer.

10. Where do Cohen and Nisbett conduct an experiment?
(a) University of Kentucky.
(b) University of Maine.
(c) University of Michigan.
(d) University of Illinois.

11. What do the Borgenichts have that is in demand in the United States?
(a) Skills as tailors.
(b) Knowledge of wine making.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Skills as artists.

12. Who are the Howards and Turners?
(a) Two families who continuously intermarry.
(b) Two families who go into the garment business in Harlan.
(c) Two families who go into the mining business in Harlan.
(d) Two large families who settle in Harlan.

13. What did early American educational theorists claim about education?
(a) Anyone can attain a high level of excellence if s/he works hard enough.
(b) Not everyone who is educated is wise.
(c) Too much education is not good for average people.
(d) Education is not for those who prefer the school of hard knocks.

14. From what region of the country are the angriest subjects?
(a) Midwest.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) They are all equally angry.

15. What does Korean airlines determine about their flight crew members?
(a) They are inattentive and undertrained.
(b) They are some of the best trained in the airline industry.
(c) They are average for the airline industry.
(d) They are unhappy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage above the average student do KIPP students attend school?

2. What do the pilots instruments indicate?

3. What neighborhood feeds into KIPP Academy?

4. What can Chinese farmers do if they produce more than the taxed amount?

5. Why do Flom and his colleagues take on proxy wars?

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