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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Going to the Fair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What momentous news arrives on an evening in early 1979?
(a) North Carolina is going to miss its deadline.
(b) North Carolina is being closed down due to security issues.
(c) North Carolina's team is merging with West's team.
(d) North Carolina has lost a key member of its staff.

2. What does IBM suffer from?
(a) Decreasing market share.
(b) Too much demand.
(c) A 'brain-drain' to other companies.
(d) Not enough innovation.

3. What did the help-wanted ad that Rosemarie saw say?
(a) 'Are you bored?'
(b) 'Are you depressed?'
(c) 'Are you looking for a challenge?'
(d) 'Are you broke?'

4. What single invention revolutionized the computer industry?
(a) The mouse.
(b) The cathode.
(c) The LCD display.
(d) The transistor.

5. What is the term for getting inside a machine, learning about it, and reproducing it?
(a) Knocking off.
(b) Invention.
(c) Plagiarism.
(d) Reverse engineering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group does Rasala feud with?

2. What is the latest segment of the industry to experience a boom?

3. What is the name of the more interesting of the two Eagles?

4. What did the staffer at Personnel tell Rosen they will remind him to do?

5. What shows that an engineer has rank?

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