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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The sexual assualt committed by Brock Turner occurred nearby what object?
(a) A dumpster.
(b) A trash can.
(c) A bicycle rack.
(d) A rose bush.

2. What does the the first E stand for in the acronym SERE?
(a) Evasion.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Erudite.
(d) Efficiency.

3. The survivor of sexual assault victimized by Brock Turner was in what level of school at the time of the attack?
(a) She was in graduate school.
(b) She was in undergraduate school.
(c) She had already graduated.
(d) She was in law school.

4. Gladwell refers back to Chapter 6: "The Friends Fallacy" when he states, "If you buy into the Friends fallacy, you will make mistakes like" (177) the case involving which person?
(a) Michael Jackson.
(b) Michael Peterson.
(c) Amanda Knox.
(d) Anna Nicole Smith.

5. What type of material is used in the practice called walling?
(a) A towel.
(b) A pillowcase.
(c) A gunny sack.
(d) A washcloth.

6. In what year was Brock Turner arrested for sexual assault?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2015.

7. In what year did Spanish social scientists conduct a study of the population of the Trobriand Islands?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2019.
(c) 2013.
(d) 2002.

8. In what month of the year was Brock Turner arrested for sexual assault?
(a) January.
(b) September.
(c) March.
(d) May.

9. Over what resource are several groups battling, according to Gladwell in Chapter 9: "KSM"?
(a) Death.
(b) Secrets.
(c) Survival.
(d) Truth.

10. The survey Gladwell discusses in the chapter about Amanda Knox was given to people from how many different countries?
(a) 58.
(b) 82.
(c) 13.
(d) 34.

11. What is the name of the complex figure test described in Chapter 9: "KSM"?
(a) Oster-Miller.
(b) Jones-Davidson.
(c) Rey-Osterrieth.
(d) Miller-Ray.

12. What does the M in KSM stand for?
(a) Mukhtar.
(b) Muhar.
(c) Mohammed.
(d) Munyon.

13. Gladwell attempts to link the topic of misunderstanding to what other topic within Chapter 8: "The Fraternity Party"?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Sex.
(c) Abortion.
(d) Consent.

14. For how many years was Amanda Knox imprisoned before she was released?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

15. Gladwell states that Part Three of the book attempts to answer what kind of puzzle?
(a) Jigsaw.
(b) Holographic.
(c) Bail.
(d) School.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what month of the year did Mitchell first speak to KSM in person?

2. Which season of the television show Friends does Gladwell discuss in Chapter 6: "The Friends Fallacy"?

3. Into what type of containers were SERE trainees placed?

4. Gladwell asserts that it is impossible to feel what emotion while watching an episode of Friends?

5. In which Washington city did Mitchell and Jensen first meet?

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