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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. Where is Harlan?
(a) In southwestern Kentucky.
(b) Near the border of Kentucky and Illinois.
(c) On the Cumberland Plateau in Kentucky.
(d) In Western Tennessee.

2. From what are of the world are the highest-scoring students in the field of math?
(a) Europe.
(b) South America.
(c) Asia.
(d) North America.

3. Why does Joe Flom have trouble getting a job after college?
(a) From being Hispanic.
(b) From being Irish.
(c) From being Jewish.
(d) Because he did not make good grades in college.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some countries consider doing with Korean Airlines?

2. What is Suren Ratwatte's area of expertise?

3. What is one way in which Flom's life is affected by the second lesson of Joe Flom?

4. Where do Cohen and Nisbett conduct an experiment?

5. What does the ground have to be like for a successful rice paddy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Gladwell's interpretation of Cohen and Nisbett's experiment?

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

3. Who is Joe Flom?

4. How do Korean Airlines change their bad record of crashes?

5. How do the students at KIPP Academy differ from those of other public schools?

6. How is a work ethic related to growing rice?

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

8. What is the second part of the experiment and the final result?

9. How does understanding math relate to growing rice?

10. Explain the term "Power Distance Index" and who coins the term.

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