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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 and Charlie create the _______ self-service style variety store in the country and the first one in the eight-state area.
(a) Third.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Second.

2. With what announcement does Sam Walton start the book?
(a) He is a proud man.
(b) He is a poor man.
(c) He is the happiest man in America.
(d) He is the richest man in America.

3. Sam's father, Thomas Gibson Walton, is a very hard worker who was later remembered for _____________.
(a) His quiet demeanor.
(b) His loving personality.
(c) His wealth.
(d) His honesty and integrity.

4. He decides to run for the student body president and wins by doing one important move. What is that move?
(a) Bribing his fellow students with money or passing grades.
(b) He speaks to people before they speak to him.
(c) Blackmailing some of the student body.
(d) Recruiting followers.

5. At the time, nobody wants to invest in the idea with Bud putting only 3 percent into it and another manager from Texas putting in 2 percent. Other than that, Sam had to come up with what percent of the financing on his own?
(a) 85.
(b) 90.
(c) 95.
(d) 98.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sam and Helen are disappointed to leave Newport, but they do have one benefit from their five years working there. What is this benefit?

3. What kind of farm does Sam's family have?

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

5. Sam was born in ___________.

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