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Chapter 1: If You See Something, Say Something

1. When did Tom Friedman travel to China for the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) July, 2008.
(b) September, 2010.
(c) August 2011.
(d) June, 2009.

2. Where in China did Tom Friedman attend the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) Wuhan.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Tianjin.
(d) Beijing.

3. How many years before Friedman arrived was a three-hour car ride from Beijing the only way to get to the over-populated city where Tom Friedman attended the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

4. The world-class high-speed train in China traveled how many miles per hour?
(a) 167.
(b) 105.
(c) 72.
(d) 88.

5. How much time did it take to erect the conference building which housed the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) 22 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 years.

6. According to the author, what train in his Maryland hometown had been under construction for almost a year for modernization?
(a) Electrorail.
(b) Metrorail.
(c) Cosmorail.
(d) Urbanrail.

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