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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. What did Wiener realize was different about working at the data analytics startup from anywhere else she had ever worked?
(a) She was told she could create her own hours and did not have to be physically present in the office.
(b) She was getting paid less than she ever had been.
(c) She did not have to make anyone coffee for the first time in her professional life.
(d) She was given her own key to the office.

2. Who was Noah's roommate?
(a) Ian.
(b) David.
(c) Ben.
(d) Joshua.

3. What did the data analytics CEO tell Wiener early on in her time at the company?
(a) He thought she should be recruiting more of her friends to work there.
(b) He thought she was more interested in learning than in doing.
(c) He was surprised she had lasted at the company for this long already.
(d) Eventually he wanted her to lead the support team.

4. Where did the girlfriend of the analytics startup's CEO work?
(a) The search-engine giant.
(b) An e-book startup.
(c) An animation studio famous for its childrens' movies.
(d) A very expensive restaurant in the city.

5. Where did Wiener end up renting her first shared apartment in Part I in San Francisco?
(a) The Mission.
(b) Lake Street.
(c) The Castro.
(d) The Gate Area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company does Wiener join in Silicon Valley in Part I?

2. What is one reason Wiener thought some others in the tech industry looked own upon her sometimes?

3. Which apps did Wiener resist downloading but did ultimately download in Part I?

4. Where does Wiener live when the book opens?

5. Which coworker of Wiener's did she make many new friends through?

Short Essay Questions

1. What topic does Wiener challenge a group of engineers about in Part II, only to realize the engineers are pioneers in this field?

2. What type of work does the first startup that Wiener begins working for do?

3. What fundamental facet of her job at the e-book startup did Wiener misunderstand from the beginning?

4. How does Wiener feel as far as settling in to San Francisco during her first six months or so at the analytics startup?

5. How does Wiener describe the product that the analytics startup makes?

6. Which specific company does Wiener contend that it is almost impossible to use the internet without enriching?

7. Why does Wiener feel out of place when she interviews at the data analytics startup?

8. Why does the e-book company fire Wiener?

9. How does making friends with Noah affect Wiener's life?

10. What are some things Ian and Wiener find they have in common?

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