Outliers Chapter 8

What is the estimated number of hours worked by a wet-rice

farmer in Asia per year?

• 40 hours a week

• 3,000 hours a year

• 1,000 hours a year

• 10,000 hours a year

Why are Chinese speakers able to memorize a list of numbers more easily than English speakers?

• They attend school for longer hours and more days during the school year, which increases their brain power.

• Their parents push them more academically, and won’t let them play outside or see their friends until they have reached certain academic benchmarks.

• The Chinese language allows them to fit all those numbers within the two-second time span that is most conducive to memorization.

• Growing rice paddies involves lots of mathematical computations, and the farmers did not have calculators.

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What made the work of a rice famer meaningful (think back to the three qualities of meaningful work described in chapter five) ?

• It was high-paying, lucrative, and profitable.

• They could pass down the work to their children, build an inheritance, and create a legacy.

• Their hard work paid off in terms of being able to put food on the table, make dinner, and feed their families.

• There was a clear relationship between effort and reward, it’s complex, and it’s autonomous.

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In Alan Schoenfeld’s study, how did Renee respond when presented with an impossible mathematical task?

• She was very determined and did not give up easily.

• She seemed interested for a while, but eventually got frustrated.

• She spent about five minutes on the problem before declaring she didn’t know how to do it.

• She eventually solved the problem but was very angry.

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Interpret the following statement: “No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.”

• If you are willing to work hard and persevere, you will

  be successful.

• You will run out your competition if you are willing to work

  on the weekends.

• The early bird gets the worm.

• Winners never quit, and quitters never win.

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What is the secret to learning math?

• Having a good teacher

• Speaking Chinese

• Having a natural inclination

• It’s not so much ability; it’s attitude.

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