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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15: Thinking Small.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To encourage family togetherness, what does Sam do?
(a) He plans family vacations every weekend.
(b) His family must not go anywhere without him.
(c) The family must be home for dinner every night.
(d) He is his sons' Boy Scout leader.

2. Back in the 1960s, with what was Sam more concerned, rather than quality?
(a) Keeping large quantities of products in the store.
(b) Keeping the customers returning.
(c) Good advertising.
(d) Keeping the prices lower than other company's prices for future success.

3. Although Sam is a small man at only 130 pounds, he works very hard and gets his letter in the sport of ___________.
(a) Tennis.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Football.
(d) Baseball.

4. Jack Shewmaker comes into the picture as a potential candidate for ___________.
(a) Upper management.
(b) CEO.
(c) Vice president.
(d) President.

5. Sam's appreciation for the dollar is further ingrained when he meets ______________.
(a) His first boss.
(b) His wife.
(c) His uncle, L.S. Robson.
(d) His wife's father, L.S. Robson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do each of the stores have to keep the mood at work exciting and refreshing?

2. ____________ is one store that expanded and had a distribution center that offered a superior product merchandise that Wal-Mart could offer their customers.

3. What does Sam do everywhere he travels?

4. Sam's father, Thomas Gibson Walton, is a very hard worker who was later remembered for _____________.

5. Why does Sam buy a little bank in Bentonville?

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