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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. Sam finds a store in Bentonville, but almost does not get the business. Why?
(a) He cannot afford to buy the store.
(b) He does not want to move to Bentonville.
(c) Helen does not want him to buy it.
(d) The two widowed owners almost refuse to sell it.

2. Sam buys stores in Little Rock, Springdale, and Siloam Springs, Arkansas, as well as Neodesha and Coffeyville, ___________.
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Kansas.

3. He learns from a very early age that children should do what?
(a) Be responsible for contributing to their family just as much as the adults and should not be considered 'takers."
(b) Be seen and not heard.
(c) Be ignored.
(d) Be pampered.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sam and Charlie create the _______ self-service style variety store in the country and the first one in the eight-state area.

2. Sam enlists the help of Charlie Baum, whom he met ______________.

3. Sam was born in ___________.

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

5. What does Sam admit was the biggest mistake of his business career?

(see the answer key)

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