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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many neuron connections does a child make between the ages of two and three?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 1,000
(c) 45,000
(d) 15,000.

2. What disorder does Amy have?
(a) Manic depressive disorder.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) OCD.
(d) Aspurgers.

3. Who does Erica confide in regarding her tantrum in Chapter 8?
(a) The head of the Academy.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her coach.

4. Whose method does Brooks acknowledge he is borrowing in the introduction?
(a) Rousseau's.
(b) Norman Mailer's.
(c) Malcolm Gladwell's.
(d) Plato's.

5. What school does Erica get accepted to in Chapter 9?
(a) University of Denver.
(b) Stanford.
(c) Notre Dame.
(d) Lehigh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea for a topic does Harold come up with his first night of writing?

2. In Chapter 8, what step does Brooks suggest is most important to decision-making?

3. In Chapter 5, Brooks states that there is little connection between a child's ability to complete homework and what?

4. Why is Erica not let into New Hope at the beginning of Chapter 7?

5. What separates us from animals, according to Brooks in the introduction?

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