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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 purchases ____________ that only travels about 100 miles an hour.
(a) A little car.
(b) A bus.
(c) A helicopter.
(d) A little plane.

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

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

4. After he and Helen marry, Sam aims to build his family financial structure similar to ____________.
(a) How his boss created his fortune.
(b) How the Robsons created their family fortune.
(c) How other wealthy men had built their fortunes.
(d) How his father had created their family fortune.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Sam realize he must get a career job and accepts a job from JC Penney?

4. Sam was born in ___________.

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

(see the answer key)

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