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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15: Thinking Small.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does each store still apply?
(a) Their own philosophies.
(b) The same building model.
(c) Their own building model.
(d) The same basic philosophies that were integtral in the firs few stores.

2. To what does Sam compare the results of Wal-Mart's popularity?
(a) Religion.
(b) Fads.
(c) The evolution of man.
(d) It is evolution similar to that of buggy horses to cars.

3. By the time all the changes in management at Wal-Mart are over, roughly how much of the upper management team is gone?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 1/4.

4. Phil Green concocts __________.
(a) One of the most expensive advertising campaigns in Wal-Mart history.
(b) One of the most rediculous Wal-Mart stunts in history.
(c) One of the most famous displays in Wal-Mart history.
(d) One of the worst displays in Wal-Mart history.

5. Although Sam is a small man at only 130 pounds, he works very hard and gets his letter in the sport of ___________.
(a) Baseball.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Football.

Short Answer Questions

1. He learns from a very early age that children should do what?

2. In 1939, he meets Hugh Mattingly who owns _____________.

3. Sam eventually returns to Newport, Arkansas, and opens a Wal-Mart near ________.

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. What are a regular part of the Wal-Mart culture and partnership?

(see the answer key)

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