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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What award is given out at these annual meetings?

2. What does Sam play everywhere he goes?

3. When did Wal-Mart take on Kmart?

4. Sam explains the difference between Wal-Mart and a number of other potentially-profitable businesses is that _________.

5. What is rule number seven?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the reason why Wal-Mart succeeds?

2. What has been Sam's behavior toward technological advances?

3. How does he give back? Why does he give back in this way?

4. Describe Wal-Mart's run-in with Kmart.

5. Describe the annual stockholder meetings.

6. Why is Sam able to write this book?

7. What is the "whistle while you work" mentality? How does this benefit the employee and the company?

8. What happens to the company when Sam retires?

9. How does Sam motivate his employees?

10. What does Sam think about the way he has spent his life? What is the message he gives at the end of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of Sam's top talents is choosing employees.

Part 1) How is this proven? Why does this become an important talent?

Part 2) What are his other talents? How are these talents revealed? How are these talents important? How are they connected to each other?

Part 3) What talents do you possess? How do they impact your daily life? How might you use them to your advantage throughout your life?

Essay Topic 2

Sam has the personality of a promoter.

Part 1) How does he have the personality of a promoter? How has he acquired this personality?

Part 2) How does this personality benefit him and his business? How does this personality also benefit others? How does it hurt other people and businesses in the process?

Part 3) Would someone with a personality such as this ever feel satisfied? Why or why not? Would you want to have a personality such as this? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The "Saturday Night Massacre" is well-known among those in the Wal-Mart culture.

Part 1) What is the "Saturday Night Massacre?" Why is it so significant? Why does it occur?

Part 2) What does it reveal or reinforce about Sam? How does it benefit the company?

Part 3) What message does the "Saturday Night Massacre" send to those in the company, as well as outside Wal-Mart? How can other businesses and organizations learn from Sam's ideals that are reinforced through the "Saturday Night Massacre?"

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