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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The sexual assault committed by Brock Turner occurred on the campus of which university?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Howard.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Tulane.

2. The Trobriand Islands have a population of how many thousand people, according to Gladwell?
(a) 5.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

3. What word immediately came to Mitchell's mind when he saw KSM for the first time?
(a) Troll.
(b) Hag.
(c) Grungy.
(d) Badger.

4. What number episode within its season is the episode Gladwell discusses in Chapter 6: "The Friends Fallacy"?
(a) 2.
(b) 15.
(c) 8.
(d) 32.

5. For which newspaper did Daniel Pearl work?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The San Francisco Chronicle.
(d) The Cascadia Weekly.

6. For how many weeks did KSM endure interrogation before he began to talk?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

7. Gladwell states that judges rely heavily on what kind of evidence?
(a) Nonverbal cues.
(b) Words.
(c) Affidavits.
(d) Motions.

8. The most aggressive waterboarding protocol consists of a continuous pour of how many seconds?
(a) 20.
(b) 40.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

9. During what month of the year did Mitchell first speak to KSM in person?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) September.

10. Out of every five females, how many say that they have been the victims of sexual assault?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

11. Which season of the television show Friends does Gladwell discuss in Chapter 6: "The Friends Fallacy"?
(a) The 5th.
(b) The 11th.
(c) The 8th.
(d) The 3rd.

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

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

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

15. What kind of doctor was Mitchell at the time he first met KSM?
(a) A cardiologist.
(b) A pediatrician.
(c) A psychologist.
(d) A podiatrist.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country was Daniel Pearl being held at the time of his beheading?

2. Gladwell states that Part Three of the book attempts to answer what kind of puzzle?

3. In what year did Spanish social scientists conduct a study of the population of the Trobriand Islands?

4. After what event was Mitchell brought in to interrogate KSM?

5. Mitchell first spoke to KSM what year?

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