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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. Who are the Hatfields and McCoys?
(a) The owners of the most profitable coal mines in West Virginia.
(b) The most wealthy families in Kentucky.
(c) Another feuding family in Kentucky.
(d) Two other garment-industry families in Tennessee.

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

3. What does Gladwell say about reading schools at the end of one year compared to at the beginning of the next year?
(a) The most average studentsstudents make no progress in their reading skills over the summer.
(b) The smartest students make no progress in their reading skills over the summer.
(c) The poorest students make no progress in their reading skills over the summer.
(d) Only the very brightest students students make progress in their reading skills over the summer.

4. What can Chinese farmers do if they produce more than the taxed amount?
(a) Gladwell does not say.
(b) They are only allowed to produce a certain amount.
(c) Share it.
(d) Keep it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does the rice farmer have to tend to the rice paddies?

2. Who settles Harlan?

3. How many crashes has Korean Airlines experienced in the past twenty years at the time of this study?

4. What is one group of people worldwide who have developed the culture Gladwell examines in Kentucky?

5. What did the early American educational theorists claim about long hours of school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are proxy wars?

3. How does Harlan gain notoriety in its early days?

4. How does the crash of Flight 801 fit a pattern for Korean Airlines?

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

6. Describe the plane crash of Korean Airlines Flight 801 in 1997.

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

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

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

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

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