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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the most important thing in the type of culture Gladwell examines in Kentucky?
(a) Loyalty to clan or family.
(b) Love of the land.
(c) Loyalty to country.
(d) Frugal living.

3. What is the second lesson of Joe Flom?
(a) Litigious distribution.
(b) Demographic luck.
(c) Luck of the Draw.
(d) High birth rates.

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

5. What do Koreans and Colombians have in common?
(a) Many plane crashes.
(b) A culture of honor.
(c) A very low PDI.
(d) A high PDI.

6. What does a feudal lord take from his farmers?
(a) About half of the farmers' crops.
(b) A small portion of their crops.
(c) The larger portion of their crops.
(d) None of the crops.

7. When does Korean Airline flight 801 crash?
(a) 1997.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1988.

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

9. What determines the amount of crops taken by the government each year?
(a) The weather.
(b) Any wars going on.
(c) It fluctuates depending on how much the government puts out.
(d) It is fixed.

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

11. Where is the school that Gladwell focuses on in "Marita's Bargan"?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Queens.
(c) South Bronx.
(d) Manhattan.

12. What grade level is the school?
(a) High.
(b) Middle.
(c) Community college.
(d) Elementary.

13. What is the PDI of people of the United States?
(a) About in the middle.
(b) High.
(c) It's never been measured.
(d) Low.

14. When is Joe Flom born?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1950s.

15. What does Gladwell say Asian cultures value?
(a) Diversity.
(b) Honor.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Finding one's own niche in society.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what heritage is Joe Flom?

2. How are these proxy wars characterized?

3. Where is Harlan?

4. What neighborhood feeds into KIPP Academy?

5. Where does it crash?

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