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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Trobriand Islands are located in the middle of which specific body of water?
(a) Sassafras Stream.
(b) The Solomon Sea.
(c) Banff Lake.
(d) Bellingham Bay.

2. Which person is described as being immune to waterboarding?
(a) Jensen.
(b) KSM.
(c) Mitchell.
(d) Reagan.

3. Which agency asked Mitchell and Jensen for a list of the top three most effective interrogation techniques?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The IRS.
(c) The DEA.
(d) The CIA.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many weeks did KSM endure interrogation before he began to talk?

2. For how many years was Amanda Knox imprisoned before she was released?

3. What word immediately came to Mitchell's mind when he saw KSM for the first time?

4. What was NOT in Mitchell's list of the top three interrogation techniques?

5. Chapter 9: "KSM" focuses on how many groups battling over a particular resource?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long did it take for interrogators to get KSM to talk and why?

2. What statistic does Gladwell provide in Chapter 8: "The Fraternity Party" to support his claim that sexual assault is a problem in the modern age?

3. What punishment did Brock Turner receive for his crimes?

4. Which group took the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure test and experienced surprising results?

5. Where are the Trobriand Islands?

6. What aspect of the interrogation situation appears to cause the most fear, according to James Mitchell?

7. For what reason did two social scientists visit the Trobriand Islands in 2013?

8. To which element does Gladwell point when he names the number one contributor to the problem of sexual assault?

9. What is the symbolism of Amanda Knox's utterance "Ta-dah," (177) according to Gladwell?

10. For how many years had James Mitchell been studying interrogation techniques by the time he questioned KSM?

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