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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Swimming in a Bigger Pond.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Jack lose his college scholarship funded by the country club?
(a) He shows up for work drunk.
(b) He breaks a window with a golf club.
(c) He insults a club member.
(d) He flirts with a member's wife.

3. What does Jack say his book is about?
(a) The wrongs he faced in corporate America.
(b) His keen leadership abilities.
(c) Buying his way to the top.
(d) Maintaining a simple approach and keeping an open mind.

4. What setback keeps Jack from attending one of the two colleges of his choice?
(a) Losing his ROTC scholarship to a friend.
(b) His mother begs him not to move far away.
(c) His mother's health.
(d) Rejection for an ROTC scholarship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who throws a huge party for Jack to introduce him to important people?

2. What is Jack's highest level of education when he begins working at GE?

3. Which non-labor department does Jack expand at his plastics facility in the 1970s?

4. During his high school years, who teaches Jack the value of competition?

5. Which two new-hires become important advisers to Jack for the remainder of his career with the company?

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