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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many young men closed in on Bernie Goetz in an attempt to mug him on the subway?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

2. Where was the Airwalk shoes company based?
(a) Los Angeles, California.
(b) San Diego, California.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) New York, New York.

3. Who does the author cite as a prototypical maven who is "almost pathologically helpful"?
(a) Mark Alpert.
(b) Tom Gau.
(c) John Potterat.
(d) Brian Mullen.

4. DeeDee Gordon had previously worked with what shoe company before the Airwalk campaign?
(a) Converse.
(b) Nike.
(c) Puma.
(d) Hush Puppies.

5. What was Bernie Goetz dubbed by the New York press following the incident on the subway?
(a) “The Gun Shaker.”
(b) “The Subway Vigilante.”
(c) “The White Dragon.”
(d) “The Gotham Avenger.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Roger Horchow scored well over what number on Gladwell's connector test in Chapter 2?

2. What was the nickname of Darnell McGee?

3. On what date does the author describe a young boy overhearing news of the British invasion in Chapter 2?

4. What refers to the science of the mind or of mental states and processes?

5. In Gladwell’s rough quiz to test the number of people a person may know, a typical score comes in around what number?

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