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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 7, The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Memorial Cup?
(a) The highest trophy of the Swedish Hockey League.
(b) The highest trophy of the Russian Hockey League.
(c) The highest trophy of the Canadian Hockey League.
(d) The highest trophy of the American Hockey League.

2. Where does Langan end up living?
(a) Rural South Dakota.
(b) Rural Missouri.
(c) Rural Wyoming.
(d) Rural Mississippi.

3. Where does it crash?
(a) North Korea.
(b) Guam.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Japan.

4. What is Langan unprepared to do?
(a) Accept mediocrity.
(b) Work hard.
(c) Assert himself in an urban setting.
(d) Push past his fears.

5. Why does the pilot have difficulty seeing the runway?
(a) The electricity is off.
(b) Heavy fog.
(c) Heavy rain.
(d) Heavy smoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Wolf think it is not the region that is healthy?

2. What is the most important thing in the type of culture Gladwell examines in Kentucky?

3. What is the first half Matthew effect?

4. When does this band seem to come out of nowhere to rocket to stardom?

5. Why are children born in a certain part of the year more likely to stand out?

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