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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Rookie.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to legend, what is supposed to take the place of sports for men in France?
(a) Sex and food.
(b) Hunting and food.
(c) Work and food.
(d) Books and music.

2. What is the name of the batter who ties himself into a knot?
(a) Jesse the Great.
(b) Big Babe Ruth.
(c) Terrible Ty Cobb.
(d) Horrible Howard Blowsky.

3. What does Gopnik call the notion that Americans wanted to consume in a world where workers were hidden or dressed up as nonhumans, so as not to be disconcerting?
(a) Disney World.
(b) McDonalds.
(c) Wonderland.
(d) Paris in July.

4. Which workers were the first to begin a strike in the chapter The Strike?
(a) The sanitation workers.
(b) Telephone company workers.
(c) Police officers.
(d) The railroad workers.

5. How many remotes does Gopnik receive for his television in Winter Circus?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is not one of the animals mentioned in the taxidermy shop in Winter Circus?

2. What is remarkable about the turkey that Gopnik receives in The Strike?

3. What day did the strike begin on?

4. After the tourist, a successful writer, formed a complaint against the tower employee in Trouble at the Tower, what action was taken?

5. What percentage of the population was in favor of stopping work at fifty-five in The Chill?

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