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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Bouncing Back.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Sam feel never being on a losing team helped him?
(a) It helps him not trust losers.
(b) It helps him trust others to be losers.
(c) It helps him believe that he can always win.
(d) It makes him never want to be a loser.

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

4. Sam attends the University of Missouri since he is already well-known in Columbia and joins what fraternity?
(a) Beta Tau Beta.
(b) Beta Theta Pi.
(c) Phi Tau.
(d) Sigma Phi Epsilon.

5. How do the children have just as high a stake in the family business as their parents?
(a) If he cannot earn enough money, neither do they.
(b) He threatens each child.
(c) He makes every member of the family a partner in the family business.
(d) He gives each child money to spend or save.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sam is not interested in retail because __________________.

2. Helen had to help Sam sign the notes to secure all the money and by the time it was ready, what had happened?

3. He learns from a very early age that children should do what?

4. Sam and his brother Bud go into business together and purchase outright ______________.

5. What is significant about Sam's bet regarding being an Eagle Scout?

(see the answer key)

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