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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 is one characteristic of a rice paddy?
(a) It is a fairly simple system.
(b) It requires very little attention.
(c) It is a complicated system.
(d) It requires very little water.

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

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

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

5. What pattern does Gladwell examine in Kentucky?
(a) Families who go into coal mining.
(b) Families who go into the tobacco industry.
(c) Family feuds.
(d) Families who go into the garment industry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joe Flom have trouble getting a job after college?

2. Of what does Gladwell say he hopes his readers are skeptical?

3. What does George Hofstede research?

4. What cultural legacy among Asian peoples does Gladwell discuss?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does understanding math relate to growing rice?

2. What is KIPP and who are its students?

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

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

5. Who is Joe Flom?

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

9. What is Gladwell's general premise about the connection between growing rice and the success of Asian peoples?

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

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