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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: Stepping Back.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sam do after the answer to number 88?
(a) He pulls out a map, filling in every area in that market region.
(b) He encourages his new neighbors to support the building of a Wal-Mart.
(c) He bribes the community counsel members into supporting his store.
(d) He runs the competition out of town.

2. Don is a good example of another one of Sam's top talents. What is this talent?
(a) Choosing great advertisers.
(b) Choosing great employees.
(c) Choosing great managers.
(d) Choosing great leaders.

3. Sam always encourages competition. What does Sam think of this divisive stance?
(a) He sees that it is starting to injure the company.
(b) He sees it as a good example of competition.
(c) He sees it as beneficial to the company.
(d) He sees it starting to benefit the company.

4. Sam believes that he was over-blessed with the traits of ____________.
(a) Understanding and empathy.
(b) Ambition and drive.
(c) Pride and jealousy.
(d) Love and kindness.

5. Now that Sam is out of debt, he feels he can really concentrate on _________.
(a) Considering retirement.
(b) Spending time with his family.
(c) Changing the face of Wal-Mart.
(d) Executing his strategy for running large discount stores.

Short Answer Questions

1. Initially why does Sam's superior questions whether he is good at retail?

2. In 1939, he meets Hugh Mattingly who owns _____________.

3. With what does Sam not want to deal that plague stores in bigger cities?

4. Sam is not interested in retail because __________________.

5. The reason that other stores fail is because ____________.

(see the answer key)

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