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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dinner with Mario: Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing Betta taught Bill about pasta?
(a) The best sauce recipe.
(b) How to eat them.
(c) How to roll the dough thin.
(d) How to cook them.

2. When did Bill first made polenta?
(a) For a benefit dinner in Nashville.
(b) At the Babbo.
(c) At the Po.
(d) At home.

3. Where did Batali consider buying a vineyard when he first met Bill?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Tuscany.
(c) Normandy.
(d) Spain.

4. Why was everyone concerned about Andy's restaurant?
(a) They thought he didn't have enough funds.
(b) They thought Andy could not cook.
(c) They thought he didn't have a good location.
(d) They thought he couldn't get the right ingredients.

5. What did Bill discover about tortellini after coming back in the U.S.?
(a) That all recipes are identical.
(b) That the flour used is not the same.
(c) That water needs to be warm for most of them.
(d) That not two recipes are alike.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bill say of the people that made food an important part of Italy?

2. Why did the restaurant Batali studied at fail?

3. What did Bill do to lose his composure?

4. Who made the pasta at Betta's house at Christmas?

5. Where did Bill and his wife return to in Chapter 24?

(see the answer key)

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