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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. Sam and Helen are disappointed to leave Newport, but they do have one benefit from their five years working there. What is this benefit?
(a) They have made many good friends.
(b) An interest in retail.
(c) Many good business connections.
(d) $50,000 from the sale of the business.

2. Is Sam's deal with Alice unusual?
(a) Yes.
(b) Only at first.
(c) Somewhat.
(d) No.

3. What does Sam admit was the biggest mistake of his business career?
(a) Purchasing this Kmart.
(b) Purchasing of a shopping center.
(c) Purchasing this Ben Franklin.
(d) Purchasing this Woolworth.

4. Sam and his brother Bud go into business together and purchase outright ______________.
(a) An old Woolworth store in Ruskin Heights.
(b) An old Kmart store in Ruskin Heights.
(c) An old Meijer store in Ruskin Heights.
(d) An old Ben Franklin store in Ruskin Heights.

5. The one mistake that Helen cannot forgive Sam for _________________.
(a) Not becoming an insurance salesman.
(b) Not making enough money.
(c) Letting the company go public and becoming the richest man in the country.
(d) Being a businessman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he is 14, Sam saves a boy from ____________.

2. Although Sam is a small man at only 130 pounds, he works very hard and gets his letter in the sport of ___________.

3. No matter how hard Sam's father worked or how many different jobs he had, what happened?

4. Do Sam's kids feel as though Sam was not around during their childhood?

5. Although there have been a number of changes in the Wal-Mart industry over the years, the Walton family still collectively owns __________ of their own business, which is rare for a major corporation.

(see the answer key)

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