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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month of the year was Brock Turner arrested for sexual assault?
(a) September.
(b) May.
(c) March.
(d) January.

2. What does the M in KSM stand for?
(a) Muhar.
(b) Mohammed.
(c) Mukhtar.
(d) Munyon.

3. What type of interrogation was Mitchell brought in to perform on KSM?
(a) Interval.
(b) High stakes.
(c) Extended.
(d) Low pressure.

4. What was the last name of Knox's roommate Meredith who was murdered?
(a) Kercher.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Ray.
(d) Manning.

5. What does the final E stand for in the acronym SERE?
(a) Escape.
(b) Erosion.
(c) Evasion.
(d) Eradication.

6. Gladwell states that Part Three of the book attempts to answer what kind of puzzle?
(a) Holographic.
(b) Bail.
(c) Jigsaw.
(d) School.

7. Mitchell first spoke to KSM what year?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2005.

8. What number episode within its season is the episode Gladwell discusses in Chapter 6: "The Friends Fallacy"?
(a) 2.
(b) 15.
(c) 32.
(d) 8.

9. Into what type of containers were SERE trainees placed?
(a) Vats.
(b) Tubs.
(c) Barrels.
(d) Sinks.

10. At the time when they met, Jensen and Mitchell both worked for which branch of the U.S. military?
(a) Navy.
(b) Coast guard.
(c) Air force.
(d) Army.

11. The Trobriand Islands are located in the middle of which specific body of water?
(a) Sassafras Stream.
(b) Banff Lake.
(c) Bellingham Bay.
(d) The Solomon Sea.

12. In what manner do both children and incredibly stressed adults take the complex figure test mentioned in Chapter 9: "KSM"?
(a) From one side to the other.
(b) Slowly.
(c) Quickly.
(d) Piecemeal.

13. In what year was Knox released from prison for good?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2011.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2015.

14. For how many weeks did KSM endure interrogation before he began to talk?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

15. What percentage of people studied in the Trobriand Islands recognized a smile as a sign of happiness?
(a) 98.
(b) 10.
(c) 80.
(d) 58.

Short Answer Questions

1. For which newspaper did Daniel Pearl work?

2. Gladwell states that judges rely heavily on what kind of evidence?

3. The most aggressive waterboarding protocol consists of a continuous pour of how many seconds?

4. Which season of the television show Friends does Gladwell discuss in Chapter 6: "The Friends Fallacy"?

5. In what type of body of water are the Trobriand Islands located?

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