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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Helen want four children by the time she is thirty?

2. Why does Sam buy a little bank in Bentonville?

3. ____________ is one store that expanded and had a distribution center that offered a superior product merchandise that Wal-Mart could offer their customers.

4. Sam credits the success of the business with what relationship?

5. Sam starts to hear about discounting companies. He knows that discounting is the way of the future but is fully immersed in what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the store in Bentonville benefit Sam?

2. How does Sam encourage family togetherness? How does he also continue to obsess over business matters at the same time?

3. How did Sam treat his employees in the beginning? Why? What has he realized from this?

4. Describe Sam's family.

5. What can Sam do now that he is out of debt?

6. How does Sam feel about debts and loans?

7. What does Sam say is the biggest business mistake in his life? What might have led to this?

8. What has happened at Wal-Mart regarding unions? Why?

9. How does the placing of Wal-Marts in specific types of locations benefit the company in regard to advertising?

10. How does this book begin? What information does it give about Sam Walton and the purpose of this book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sam is unhappy with debt.

Part 1) How does he end up in debt? Why does debt bother him?

Part 2) How does he get out of debt? How does he feel about this? Why does he feel this way? How does Helen feel about this? Why does she feel this way?

Part 3) How is debt an issue for many Americans today? What can one do who is in debt?

Essay Topic 2

One of Sam's top talents is choosing employees.

Part 1) How is this proven? Why does this become an important talent?

Part 2) What are his other talents? How are these talents revealed? How are these talents important? How are they connected to each other?

Part 3) What talents do you possess? How do they impact your daily life? How might you use them to your advantage throughout your life?

Essay Topic 3

Sam opens Walton's Five and Dime, which become a success.

Part 1) What leads up to Sam opening Walton's Five and Dime? How does he prepare to open his own store?

Part 2) Why is it so successful? What does this success foreshadow?

Part 3) What does Sam learn from opening and running this first store? How does he use this knowledge later?

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