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

2. 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 Woolworth store in Ruskin Heights.
(d) An old Ben Franklin store in Ruskin Heights.

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

4. 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) An interest in retail.
(b) They have made many good friends.
(c) Many good business connections.
(d) $50,000 from the sale of the business.

5. Helen had to help Sam sign the notes to secure all the money and by the time it was ready, what had happened?
(a) They had borrowed as much as they possibly could.
(b) They had spent all of their own money.
(c) They had decided to borrow money.
(d) They had borrowed some money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Initially why does Sam's superior questions whether he is good at retail?

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

3. How do the children have just as high a stake in the family business as their parents?

4. Sam's appreciation for the dollar is further ingrained when he meets ______________.

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

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