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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. Why do Flom and his colleagues take on proxy wars?
(a) They like the excitement of it.
(b) They enjoy figuring out how to keep it just legal.
(c) They are excluded from taking more respectable work.
(d) They are able to save the companies a great deal of money.

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

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

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

5. What do the pilot and co-pilot of a Colombian airplane that crashes fail to effectively communicate?
(a) Their altitude.
(b) Why their plane is on fire.
(c) Correct evaculation procedures.
(d) How low their fuel is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did early American educational theorists claim about education?

2. Of what heritage is Joe Flom?

3. Who are the Borgenichts?

4. What neighborhood feeds into KIPP Academy?

5. Who settles Harlan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gladwell say about early American educational theorists?

2. How does PDI explain the crash of the Colombian airliner?

3. What does Suren Ratwatte say about a Colombian airliner that crashes in New York?

4. Who is Joe Flom?

5. What is entailed in growing rice?

6. What is the second lesson of Joe Flom?

7. What evidence is there that summer vacations may be hindering the success of many students?

8. What is the third lesson of Joe Flom?

9. What is KIPP and who are its students?

10. What does Gladwell think is the cause of families feuding?

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