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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Betta's condition for her to teach Bill her family recipe?
(a) That he not tell her family.
(b) That he teach as many people as possible.
(c) That he only teach Batali.
(d) That he would not tell Batali about it.

2. Who did Bill consult to have the answer to his obsession?
(a) The Italian ministry for agriculture.
(b) The local pasta factory.
(c) Betta.
(d) The curator of the pasta museum.

3. What did Bill decide he wanted to do about his obsession?
(a) He wanted to write a book.
(b) He wanted to find the oldest book possible on the subject.
(c) He wanted to go to France.
(d) He wanted to learn from an Italian cook.

4. Where did Bill bump his head in the first few weeks of work at the shop?
(a) On a machine to pound meat.
(b) On a stair.
(c) On a door.
(d) On a pipe.

5. What did Bill do at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) He left.
(b) He left for Le Cordon Bleu.
(c) He got a promotion.
(d) He opened his own restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bill beg Betta to teach him?

2. What was the first animal Bill worked on after return to Dario's shop in Chapter 25?

3. Who was in charge of Giovanni's cows?

4. What did the Italians blame Cathrine de Medici for?

5. What did Dario's father die of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Bill's visit to the La Pieve di San Leolino remind him of according to Chapter 28?

2. Why did Bill arrive ten days earlier than Mark?

3. Who took over Andy's job, and what happened as a result in Chapter 18?

4. What was Dario's story based on Chapter 21?

5. What did Betta finally agree to on one condition?

6. Why did everyone in the town talk about Giovanni's bull according to Chapter 27?

7. What did Bill arrange to buy when he and his wife returned to New York in Chapter 24?

8. How did Bill injure himself in the first weeks in the shop according to Chapter 20?

9. In Chapter 23, what was Bill finally allowed to help prepare?

10. What did Bill eventually find it impossible to do in?

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