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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Raising a Family.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he is 14, Sam saves a boy from ____________.
(a) Drowning.
(b) Starving to death.
(c) Getting hit by a car.
(d) A wild boar.

2. Sam was born in ___________.
(a) Indianapolis, Indiana.
(b) Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
(c) Tulsa, Oklahoma.
(d) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

3. In 1939, he meets Hugh Mattingly who owns _____________.
(a) The first Wal-Mart.
(b) A variety store chain with 60 stores.
(c) A discount store chain with 40 stores.
(d) A Ben Franklin store in town.

4. Sam enlists the help of Charlie Baum, whom he met ______________.
(a) In high school.
(b) While in college.
(c) While working at JC Penney.
(d) While working with the Ben Franklin store.

5. In 1962, four large companies started discount stores, including _____________ besides Wal-Mart?
(a) Kmart, Woolworth, Woolco, and Target.
(b) Kmart, Woolworth, Sears, and Meijer.
(c) Meijer, Giant Eagle, Kmart, and Target.
(d) Giant Eagle, Target, Woolco, and Woolworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time, nobody wants to invest in the idea with Bud putting only 3 percent into it and another manager from Texas putting in 2 percent. Other than that, Sam had to come up with what percent of the financing on his own?

2. Don is a good example of another one of Sam's top talents. What is this talent?

3. He decides to run for the student body president and wins by doing one important move. What is that move?

4. Although Sam considers himself a fairly conservative guy, he is a _________ in the world of business.

5. With what announcement does Sam Walton start the book?

(see the answer key)

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