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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Rolling Out the Formula.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wal-Mart starts building stores quickly by establishing ___________.
(a) A friendship with the members of the towns.
(b) A cookie-cutter strategy.
(c) Deals with community leaders.
(d) A community.

2. What is significant about Sam's bet regarding being an Eagle Scout?
(a) He never truly wanted to be a Boy Scout.
(b) He never became an Eagle Scout.
(c) He helped his sons become Eagle Scouts.
(d) He is the youngest in the state of Missouri at the time.

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 pampered.
(d) Be ignored.

4. Sam describes Phil as a man who not only likes to swim upstream but also that he likes to do it __________.
(a) With weights on to show what he can really do.
(b) With a lot of attention.
(c) In the morning.
(d) Quickly.

5. The one mistake that Helen cannot forgive Sam for _________________.
(a) Not making enough money.
(b) Being a businessman.
(c) Not becoming an insurance salesman.
(d) Letting the company go public and becoming the richest man in the country.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Don is a good example of another one of Sam's top talents. What is this talent?

4. Don Whitaker comes to the Wal-Mart organization from TG&Y. He is a hard-working and smart man who establishes a great philosophy for the company. What is this philosophy?

5. Although Sam is a small man at only 130 pounds, he works very hard and gets his letter in the sport of ___________.

(see the answer key)

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