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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17: Running a Successful Company: Ten Rules that Worked for Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Recruiting followers.
(c) Blackmailing some of the student body.
(d) He speaks to people before they speak to him.

2. Did Sam have revenge on his mind when he did this?
(a) Only at first.
(b) Possibly.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

3. What does Sam admit was the biggest mistake of his business career?
(a) Purchasing this Kmart.
(b) Purchasing of a shopping center.
(c) Purchasing this Ben Franklin.
(d) Purchasing this Woolworth.

4. Sam is not interested in retail because __________________.
(a) He believes he will be an insurance salesman.
(b) He wants to purchase a farm.
(c) He wants to go to law school.
(d) He does not want to be a businessman.

5. 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 pampered.
(c) Be ignored.
(d) Be seen and not heard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is rule number seven?

2. When did Wal-Mart take on Kmart?

3. For what do Sam and his upper management team look in the smaller stores?

4. Right away, Sam looks for other store opportunities and drives to Fayetteville to find a store whose only competitor is _________.

5. Do Sam's kids feel as though Sam was not around during their childhood?

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