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

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

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sam is about to graduate with a degree in business and has plenty of energy, but is unsure ___________.

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

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

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

5. Sam believes that he was over-blessed with the traits of ____________.

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