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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Blowing the Roof Off.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jack learn about current events as a child?
(a) By reading comic books.
(b) By reading papers passengers left on his father's train.
(c) By walking several miles to the closest library.
(d) By watching them on TV.

2. What is Jack's highest level of education when he begins working at GE?
(a) Master's.
(b) Doctorate
(c) Bachelor's
(d) Associate's

3. What kind of environment does Jack say is best for making necessary changes and modernizing the company?
(a) A dictatorship.
(b) Formal.
(c) A business-type monarchy.
(d) Informal.

4. How long does it take Jack and his team to find a solution to their new plastics product?
(a) Sixteen months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Six long years.
(d) Six days.

5. Why is Jack dissatisfied with his first raise?
(a) It wasn't enough to buy the new house.
(b) Everyone in his office got the same amount.
(c) It was enough to raise his income taxes.
(d) The other men in his office got more.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Jack get his first pay raise at GE?

2. What setback keeps Jack from attending one of the two colleges of his choice?

3. Who blows up one of GE's factories?

4. Why does Jack get frustrated with the plastics inventors?

5. Which of the following is not a job held by young Jack?

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