In which of the following ways were Bill Gates and Paul Allen NOT alike?

They both went to the same college

The second to last paragraph describes...

how Microsoft rose to a major corporation

If the text was limited to the last paragraph, what would an appropriate name for the text be?

Microsoft and its Billionnaires

What question is answered in the second to last paragraph?

How many people work for Microsoft today?

Microsoft earned money every time....

IBM sold a computer running MS-DOS

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1
Which is NOT true about Bill Gates in the first paragraph?
He was competitive
He was born in Seattle, Washington
He was involved in drama
He enjoyed public school
2
In which of the following ways were Bill Gates and Paul Allen NOT alike?
They both dropped out of college
They went to the same school
They both liked computers
They both went to the same college
3
The second to last paragraph describes...
how Microsoft rose to a major corporation
how Microsoft became a bigger company than IBM
how Bill Gates became a billionnaire
the technical details of MS-DOS
4
Where was Steve Ballmer a student?
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Harvard University
The passage doesn't say
Washington College
5
Which of the following was the EFFECT of Bill hacking into the CCC computer
He met Paul Allen
He wrote a TIC-TAC-TOE program
They were allowed back on the computer eventually
He lost computer privileges
6
What does the word "philanthropy" mean in the last paragraph?
business
wealth
charity
computer technology
7
If the text was limited to the last paragraph, what would an appropriate name for the text be?
Microsoft and its Software
The Rise of Microsoft
The Business Practices of Microsoft
Microsoft and its Billionnaires
8
What question is answered in the second to last paragraph?
What new technologies, besides MSDOS, did Microsoft develop?
How rich is Bill Gates?
How many people work for Microsoft today?
What does empathy mean?
9
Microsoft earned money every time....
IBM sold a computer running MS-DOS
CCC used its software
IBM built a computer
Traf-O-data was used
10
Which of the following WAS NOT a program written by Bill Gates or Paul Allen?
A computerized version of Risk
A computerized version of Tic-Tac-Toe
Traf-o-Data
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