DIRECTIONS: After
carefully reading and annotating the essay, choose three of the following questions and answer fully.
- This
essay is the introduction to Malcolm Gladwell’s best-selling book Outliers. In what way does the town of Roseto
qualify as an “outlier”?
- Summarize
the first two paragraphs of the essay. Why do you think Gladwell chose to
begin the essay this way?
- In the
essay, who or what do you think was most responsible for the (new) Roseto’s
flourishing? Cite reasons for your
response (include page numbers).
- Describe
what Dr. Stewart Wolf found when he studied the population of Roseto. Cite
statistics in your answer.
- What
are the three possible explanations Dr. Wolf gives for the astonishing
results of his study? How is each
one refuted (disproved)?
- What
does Dr. Wolf finally conclude is the reason for the remarkable health of
Rosetans? Quote from the essay in
your answer.
- Choose
any five vocabulary words whose meaning you are unsure of. List them, giving page nos. and partial
sentence. Then define each one.
