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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Gladwell call having a higher IQ?
(a) A liability.
(b) A blessing.
(c) A curse.
(d) An advantage.

4. What does Langan do after dropping out of the second college?
(a) Works on his family's farm.
(b) Moves to New York City to panhandle.
(c) Joins a rock band.
(d) Works construction.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does this band seem to come out of nowhere to rocket to stardom?

2. What is 30 to 35 percent lower in Roseto than the rest of the country?

3. Where does Langan end up living?

4. What is the computer center where Joy goes to college like at that time?

5. Who is Stewart Wolf?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Chris Langan?

2. What are the unusual circumstances in the timing of Bill Joy's career in computer programming?

3. What does Wolf investigate and what does he learn?

4. Why is the local physician's claim unusual, and what does Wolf decide to do?

5. What did the experiment track and what are the results?

6. What does IQ stand for and who developed a test to measure it?

7. Where is Roseto and who founded it?

8. What does Wolf finally decide is the reason for the low number of heart disease-related deaths?

9. Describe Chris Langan's childhood and college years.

10. What table of data does Gladwell insert in his book at this point?

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