View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 8, Rice Paddies and Math Tests.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are rice plants weeded and harvested?
(a) With two special machines.
(b) It depends on the species of rice.
(c) By hand.
(d) With one machine.

2. What band does Gladwell examine in this chapter?
(a) The Beatles.
(b) Led Zeppelin.
(c) Herman's Hermits.
(d) The Doors.

3. How are these proxy wars characterized?
(a) Illegal.
(b) Borderline illegal.
(c) Wasteful.
(d) Hostile and messy.

4. What can Chinese farmers do if they produce more than the taxed amount?
(a) They are only allowed to produce a certain amount.
(b) Keep it.
(c) Share it.
(d) Gladwell does not say.

5. Who is Bill Joy?
(a) A entrepreneur in the field of art.
(b) A entrepreneur in the field of sports.
(c) An Apple programmer.
(d) A computer programmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Borgenichts?

2. How often does the rice farmer have to tend to the rice paddies?

3. What is one characteristic of a rice paddy?

4. What does Joy cheat a program to obtain?

5. What is a proxy war?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 281 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample